Siddhartha is a 1922 novel by
Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual
journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the
Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It was published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s. Hesse dedicated the first part of it to
Romain Rolland and the second to Wilhelm Gundert, his cousin.