Magister Ludi Author:Herman Hesse This is Hesse's last and greatest work, which won for him the Nobel Prize for Literature. Described as "sublime" by Thomas Mann, admired by Andre Gide and T.S. Eliot, it is considered one of the most important novels of this century. Originally published in German as Das Glasperlenspiel and recently published in a new translation as The Glass ... more »Bead Game, it is better known in English as Magister Ludi.« less