Author of Siddhartha, Hermann ____ won the 1946 Nobel literature prize (5)

I believe the answer is:

hesse

(Other definitions for hesse that I've seen before include "Nobel winner" , "Hermann --, German author" , "Ger. state; Hermann ---, novelist" , "Hermann --, German writer" , "German state, capital Weisbaden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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