KnulpHermann Hesse Knulp 1915.jpg1st editionAuthor Hermann HesseTranslator Ralph Mannheim [1]Country GermanyLanguage GermanGenre NovelPublication date1915Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)Pages 114Preceded by RosshaldeFollowed by DemianKnulp is a 1915 novel written by Hermann Hesse. It was Hesse's most popular book in the years before he published Demian. The novel is split up into three separate tales which are centered on the life of the main character: Knulp. Knulp, who was once a gifted and promising youth, is depicted as an amiable vagabond perpetually wandering from town to town, staying with friends. He is liked by almost everyone he encounters in the novel for his manners and charming demeanour. He often receives charity from those sympathetic with him.