Thomas Mann
6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist widely regarded as one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. His works include Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, and Death in Venice, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. He emigrated from Nazi Germany and became a prominent critic of the regime.
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Life events
Thomas Mann was born into a prosperous merchant family in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis first novel, chronicling the decline of a Lübeck merchant family, brought him wide acclaim.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMann married Katia Pringsheim, with whom he had six children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis novella Der Tod in Venedig became one of his most celebrated works.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDer Zauberberg, set in a Swiss sanatorium, is considered one of his greatest novels.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMann received the Nobel Prize in Literature, principally in recognition of Buddenbrooks.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMann left Germany after the Nazi rise to power and eventually settled in Switzerland and later the United States.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMann moved to the United States, where he lived in Princeton and later California.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis novel Doktor Faustus reflected on German culture and the catastrophe of Nazism.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThomas Mann died in Zurich at the age of 80.
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