Thomas Mann

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Thomas Mann was a Nobel Prize winning German novelist, short story writer, and philanthropist

Jun 6, 1875

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: June 6, 1875
  • Died on: August 12, 1955
  • Nationality: German, Swiss
  • Famous: Nobel Laureates In Literature, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Essayists
  • Spouses: Katia Pringsheim
  • Siblings: Carla Mann, Heinrich Mann, Julia Mann, Viktor Mann
  • Known as: Paul Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann born at

Lübeck, Germany

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Birth Place

He was in love with Katia Pringsheim, daughter of a wealthy, secular, Jewish family. He married her in 1905, and the couple had six children. She later joined the Lutheran church.

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Personal Life

He travelled a lot and went to places like Spain, Warsaw and London. He was invited to be the guest of honour of the newly established PEN club in London

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Personal Life

He was suffering from atherosclerosis and died on August 12, 1955 due to its complications, in a hospital in Zurich. He was buried in Kilchberg.

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Personal Life

Paul Thomas Mann was born on June 6, 1875 in Free City of Lübeck, German Empire. He was the second son of Thomas Johann Mann and Julia da Silva Bruhns.

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Childhood & Early Life

His father was a senator and grain merchant who followed the Lutheran religion. His mother was a Brazilian of German and Portuguese ancestry and followed the Roman Catholic faith.

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Childhood & Early Life

He completed his schooling from the science division of Lubeck Gymnasium School with great difficulty, and then spent time at the Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich and Technical University of Munich.

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Childhood & Early Life

He studied history, economics, art history and literature at the university to educate himself about the happenings around, in preparation for his career in journalism.

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Childhood & Early Life

Mann lived the major part of his adult life in Munich. He started his career with the South German Fire Insurance Company, after the family grain business was liquidated, following his father’s death.

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Career

He started his writing career when he began writing for simplicissimus. His first published work was the short story ‘Little Mr.Friedemann’ in 1898.

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Career

In 1901, the epic Buddenbrooks was published and gave him popular recognition. The inspiration for the story was his family. It paints the picture of the decline of a merchant family over three generations.

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Career

The tetralogy ‘Joseph and his brothers’ is the largest and most noteworthy of Mann’s works. It is an epic novel which was written over a period of nineteen years.

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In 1903, the volume of a collection of short stories ‘Tristan’ was published. Of this, the North-South artist’s novella ‘Tonio Kroger’ is considered the most distinguished.

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Career

His first collection of stories ‘Der Kleine Herr Friedemann’ was published in 1898. The success and popularity of his first publication motivated him to write more novellas.

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Major Works

When in Rome, he began to write the novel ‘Buddenbrooks’ which was published in 1901. This is the all time favourite of the German public - even today over a million copies are in circulation.

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Major Works