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Hermann Hesse is PD in Canada now, but only in German. Translations get their own copyright and I don't think any of the translations are PD.
US copyright is incomprehensible to ordinary mortals. I know of at least one work that is PD in the States but still under copyright in Canada (and the rest of the world as well). At one time, an American author could lose their US copyright if the work was first published outside of the US. This happened with Ayn Rand's Anthem which was first published in England. I wonder how the rule of the shorter term would apply in this case? Canada does not implement the "rule of the shorter term".
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