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
see also
Western canon