Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann (June 6, 1875 - August 12, 1955) was a German writer.

Born in Lübeck. He lived in Munich, from 1891 until 1933. He emigrated from Nazi Germany to Küsnacht[?] near Zürich, Switzerland in 1933, then in 1942 to Pacific Palisades, California[?], USA, returned to Europe in 1952, and lived in Kilchberg[?] near Zürich where he died in 1955.

He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.

Younger brother of Heinrich Mann.

Father of Klaus Mann.

His works include:

• Little Herr Friedemann (1898) = Der kleine Herr Friedemann
• Buddenbrooks (1901)
• Tonio Kröger (1903)
• Royal Highness (1909) = Königliche Hoheit
• Death in Venice (1912) = Der Tod in Venedig
• Reflections of an Unpolitical Man (1918) = Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen
• The German Republic (1922) = Von deutscher Republik
• The Magic Mountain (1924) = Der Zauberberg
• Disorder and Early Sorrow (1926) = Unordnung und frühes Leid
• Mario and the Magician (1930) = Mario und der Zauberer
• Joseph and His Brothers (1933-43) = Joseph und seine Brüder

The Tales of Jacob (1933)

The Young Joseph (1934)

Joseph in Egypt (1936)

Joseph the Provider (1943)

• The Problem of Freedom (1937) = Das Problem der Freiheit
• Lotte in Weimar or The Beloved Returns (1939)
• The Transposed Heads (1940) = Die vertauschten Köpfe - Eine indische Legende
• Doctor Faustus (1947) = Doktor Faustus
• The Holy Sinner (1951) = Der Erwählte
• Confessions of Felix Krull Confidence Man, The Early Years (1922/1954) = Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull. Der Memoiren erster Teil

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see also Western canon