Hans Carossa (15 December 1878, Bad Tölz, Kingdom of Bavaria – 12 September 1956, Rittsteig) was a German novelist and poet, known mostly for his autobiographical novels, and his innere Emigration (inner emigration) during the Nazi era.
He was born in Bad Tölz, Bavaria and studied medicine, working as a field surgeon from 1916 to 1918.
He was awarded the Swiss Gottfried Keller Prize in 1931, and the Goethe Prize in 1938.
He died in Rittsteig near Passau.
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