Boris Pasternak vs. Hermann Hesse
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Boris Pasternak
1890 – 1960
Literature
Soviet Union
Futurism
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator.
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"You and I, it's as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught."
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Hermann Hesse
1861 – 1948
Literature
Germany
existentialism
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss novelist, poet, and painter best known for works such as Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and Narcissus and Goldmund. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946 and is celebrated for exploring spirituality and self-discovery in his fiction.
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"If I know what love is, it is because of you."
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