Better known are a novel about Joseph Knecht's transformation into Magister Ludi, master of the title competition, and another about the misadventures of Harry Haller.  
In one of this man's works, a young musician boards the boat of an elderly helmsman only to become the helmsman himself.  That story, "Flute Dream," is one of this man's many fairy tales, which include "The Dwarf" and "Dream of the Gods."  His actual short stories include one about the Chinese poet Han Fook and another concerning Friedrich the rationalist and his friend Erwin, "Within and Without." Longer works include a novel about a student artist's relationship with an intellectual Monk and another about Emil Sinclair's relationship with the title character, Max Demian.  Better known are a novel about Joseph Knecht's transformation into Magister Ludi, master of the title competition, and another about the misadventures of Harry Haller.  FTP, name this German author of The Glass Bead Game and Steppenwolf.
In one of this man's works, a young musician boards the boat of an elderly helmsman only to become the helmsman himself.  
Hermann Hesse