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"Siddhartha” novelist (5)

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I believe the answer is:

hesse

'siddhartha novelist' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

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

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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