Influential, Nobel Prize–winning German author (1877–1962) of such modern classics as Siddhartha and Steppenwolf. Hermann Hesse poem written in another hand on an off-white 6 x 8 sheet, signed in ink, “H. Hesse,” beneath the text. Scattered wrinkling, somewhat heavier along the top half of the page, the result of the adhesive affixing a small color portrait, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.