Thomas Mann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Mann

German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1875

Place of Birth: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1955

Profession: screenwriter, writer, author, university teacher, novelist, essayist, short story writer, social critic, autobiographer, diarist

Nationality: United States, German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Paul Thomas Mann (UK: MAN, US: MAHN; German: ['pa??l 'to?mas 'man]; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual.
His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur Schopenhauer. Mann was a member of the Hanseatic Mann family and portrayed his family and class in his first novel, Buddenbrooks.
His older brother was the radical writer Heinrich Mann and three of Mann's six children, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann and Golo Mann, also became significant German writers.
When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Mann fled to Switzerland.
When World War II broke out in 1939, he moved to the United States, then returned to Switzerland in 1952.
Mann is one of the best-known exponents of the so-called Exilliteratur, German literature written in exile by those who opposed the Hitler regime. Mann's work influenced many later authors, including Heinrich Böll, Joseph Heller, Yukio Mishima, and Orhan Pamuk.



Alternative names	Carl Van Vetchen; Carl van Vechten
Description	American writer and photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1880	21 December 1964
Location of birth/death	Cedar Rapids	New York City
Authority control	: Q312851 VIAF: 5056030 ISNI: 0000 0001 1558 7789 ULAN: 500058409 LCCN: n78095475 NLA: 35576955 WorldCat