Hermann HESSE (1877-1962). 15 typed letters or poems addressed to him, including 2 with autograph additions by Hermann Hesse, 1942-1953, some copied on his own typewriter. Wolfgang Albrecht (letter from Russia, Whitsun 1943); Else Fanger (poem); Anita Frank (sonnet : Später Gruss an Hermann Hesse, München July 1947); Bert Frank (letter and sonnet, Montagnola, October 1942); Vasant Ghanekar (letter, Hyderabad (India) July 21, 1953; at the top Hesse inscribed the word "Copy", about Siddharta); Renate Kirchner (poem, Potsdam July 1948); Maria Müller-Gögler (poem, Hermann Hesse - Ein Tagebuchblatt im Oktober 1953, nach dem Besuch in Montagnola); Günther Ramin (letter, Zürich August 23, 1944; following this, Hesse wrote 3 lines: "Ich lege Ihnen 2 Briefkopien bei. Es ist hübsch, dass der Thomaskantor das Glasperlenspiel gelesen hat"); Heinrich Ruhl (2 poems Für Hermann Hesse and Des Dichters Bild, 1949); Georg Schneider (poem Grüss und Dank an Hermann Hesse) : Helmut Walter (letter, March 3, 1946); Georg Werner (poem An Hermann Hesse, Magdeburg August 13, 1942); O. D. (letter, Ulm October 1953); C. S. (letter, Haifa March 14, 1948). Enclosed: 2 large envelopes addressed by H. Hesse to Dr. Jürg von Vintschger, St. Gallen; typed copy of an excerpt from Hesse's letter about the private performance of Othmar Schoeck's Unter Sternen in the summer of 1944 at Schloss Bremgarten near Bern.