Prosa (Auf einen Dichter); composed Nov 1941-Jan 1942. The present copy is an offprint from Neue Schweizer Rundshau, April 1942. There are the following variants between this printing and that in the Sämtliche Werke: stanza 1 line 4 this printing has 'müdevoll-süsse' for SW 'mühvoll-süße' sta...
Antwort auf Bittbriefe [prose relating to the difficulties of publishing in wartime]; dated Montagnola, 1947. This is the only recorded publication before inclusion in Sämtliche Werke.
Poem Knarren eines geknickten Astes; composed 1-8 Aug. 1962. 'Das letzte Gedicht von Hermann Hesse' printed on front cover. Apparently the third of three versions.
Die Stimmen und der Heilige. Ein Stück Tagebuch; composed in Spring 1918. The present edition was privately printed by Johannespresse in 1948. A note at the front explains that the private printing (1948) was sent to friends and correspondents instead of letters. The text is identical with tha...
Stunden im Garten. Eine Idylle (Vienna: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1936). A poem in hexameters; composed 19-23 July 1935. See the note regarding the choice of Bermann-Fischer as publisher in Sämtliche Werke vol. 11, p. 778. With inserted photograph of Hesse reclining in an armchair with a cigar.