a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

Born

6 June 1875 Free City of Lübeck, German Empire

Died

12 August 1955 (aged 80) Zürich, Switzerland

Occupation

Novelist short story writer essayist

adultbasic

Germany

Children

Erika, Klaus, Golo, Monika, Elisabeth, Michael

Education

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Technical University of Munich

era

1800+

Genre

Novel, novella

Notable awards

Nobel Prize in Literature (1929) Goethe Prize (1949)

Notable works

Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, Death in Venice, Joseph and His Brothers, Doctor Faustus

Period

1896–1954

Relatives

Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann (father) Júlia da Silva Bruhns (mother) Heinrich Mann (brother)

Resting place

Kilchberg, Switzerland

Spouse

Katia Pringsheim

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