What famous German-born novelist wrote "Steppenwolf"?

Siddhartha has such an unforgettable poetic first sentence: "In the shade of the house, in the sunshine on the river bank by the boats, in the shade of the sallow wood and fig tree, Siddhartha, the handsome Brahmin's son, grew up with his friend Govinda."

Siddhartha is still one of my favourite books... HH became a cult author in the 60's and 70's when his ideas were widely discussed and probably helped to form the belief system of the hippies

Born To Be Wild?!? No idea at all just knew the band, although I had heard of Sidhratta

Wasn’t aware that Steppenwolf (band) came from this literary work?

Don’t forget; “Narcissus and Goldmund” and the cloister.

all I could think of was the late 60s, early 70s rock group!

JezzerLX, I'm impressed. I've read most but not all.

Player elguapo, There was. Max von Sydow played Harry Haller.

Bambi the dear, was there a movie?