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Thomas Mann. Mann in 1929. Born. 6 June 1875 Free City of Lübeck, German Empire. Died. 12 August 1955 (aged 80) Zürich, Switzerland. Resting place. Kilchberg, Switzerland. Occupation. Writer. journalist. literary critic.
Sep 18, 2024 · Thomas Mann, German novelist and essayist whose early novels—Buddenbrooks (1900), Der Tod in Venedig (1912; Death in Venice), and Der Zauberberg (1924; The Magic Mountain)—earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.
Thomas Mann (born September 27, 1991 [1]) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films Project X (2012), As Cool as I Am (2013), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Halloween Kills (2021).
Biographical note on Thomas Mann. Thomas Mann (1875-1955) moved to Switzerland in 1933 shortly after the Nazis had come to power and begun a campaign of abuse against him. He was formally expatriated in 1936.
Jan 17, 2022 · Thomas Mann’s Brush with Darkness. How the German novelist’s tormented conservative manifesto led to his later modernist masterpieces. By Alex Ross. January 17, 2022. Mann is a solemn trickster...
Thomas Mann was a multifaceted author with a prolific output of fiction and novels. As the son of a merchant, he was expected to take over the family’s grain firm in Lübeck, but like his older brother Heinrich, he chose to concentrate on writing instead.
Nobel Prize-winner Thomas Mann (1875–1955) is not only one of the leading German novelists of the twentieth century, but also one of the few to transcend national and language boundaries to achieve major stature in the English-speaking world.
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Jun 11, 2018 · Considered one of the foremost twentieth-century German novelists, Thomas Mann gained fame for ironic and philosophical works that reflected the doubts and fears of his era.
Thomas Mann, (born June 6, 1875, Lübeck, Ger.—died Aug. 12, 1955, near Zürich, Switz.), German novelist and essayist, considered the greatest German novelist of the 20th century. After a brief period of office work, Mann devoted himself to writing, as had his elder brother Heinrich (1871–1950).
The Magic Mountain (German: Der Zauberberg, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in German in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentieth-century German literature. [1] Background. Mann started writing The Magic Mountain in 1912.
