text: A character created by this man becomes involved with a countess named Agnes, who stops helping him when he becomes older and loses his beauty.
full_question: A character created by this man becomes involved with a countess named Agnes, who stops helping him when he becomes older and loses his beauty. After seeing a beautiful wooden Madonna, one of this man's title characters decides to learn woodcarving from Master Nicklaus and goes on to carve his mother before he dies. That young monk created by this man is able to wander for many years because of his apparent immunity to the Black Death. The protagonist of another novel by this man reads a treatise subtitled "Not for Everybody" and attends a ball in a chamber "For Madmen Only!" This author created the musician Pablo and the enticing Hermine, who enter the Magic Theater with Harry Haller. For 10 points, name this author of Narcissus and Goldmund and Steppenwolf.
first_sentence: A character created by this man becomes involved with a countess named Agnes, who stops helping him when he becomes older and loses his beauty.
raw_answer: Herman Hesse