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Thomas Mann

German-Language Literature

Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, essayist and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, whose highly symbolic and ironic novels are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. He portrayed his own Hanseatic merchant family in his first novel, Buddenbrooks (1901), and went on to write The Magic Mountain (1924), the tetralogy Joseph and His Brothers (1933-1943), Doctor Faustus (1947) and the novella Death in Venice (1912). When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 Mann fled to Switzerland and later moved to the United States during the Second World War, becoming one of the best-known exponents of Exilliteratur, German literature written in exile by opponents of the Hitler regime. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1875 1
Death Year
1955 1
Award
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau. 1
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Feltrinelli Prize, 1952. 1
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Goethe Medal for Art and Science. 1
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Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, 1932. 1
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Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, 1949. 1
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honorary citizen of Lübeck, 1955. 1
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honorary doctor of ETH Zürich. 1
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honorary doctor of Harvard University. 1
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honorary doctor of Rutgers University. 1
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honorary doctor of the University of Bonn, 1919. 1
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honorary doctor of the University of Jena. 1
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Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford. 1
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honorary doctor of Yale University. 1
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honorary doctorate from Columbia University. 1
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honorary doctorate from Princeton University. 1
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honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge. 1
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honorary doctorate of Lund University. 1
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Nobel Prize in Literature, 1929. 1
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Officer of the Legion of Honour. 1
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Order of Orange-Nassau. 1
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Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order. 1
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Pour le Mérite. 1
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Taylorian Lecture. 1
Classification
Original Language
German 1
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Death in Venice, Works
Source Death in Venice (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    6 June 1875 - 12 August 1955
  • Original language statement
    Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, essayist and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, whose highly symbolic and ironic novels are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual.
  • Lead paragraph
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Nobel Prize in Literature
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Feltrinelli Prize
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctorate from Princeton University
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctor of Harvard University
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctorate from Columbia University
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Officer of the Legion of Honour
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary citizen of Lübeck
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctorate of Lund University
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctor of the University of Bonn
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctor of Yale University
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctor of the University of Jena
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Goethe Medal for Art and Science
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: honorary doctor of Rutgers University
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Pour le Mérite
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Order of Orange-Nassau
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
  • Award: Taylorian Lecture
    Paul Thomas Mann (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.
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The Magic Mountain (Wikipedia)
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The Magic Mountain...is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, published in November 1924.
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Death in Venice (Wikipedia)
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Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella by German author Thomas Mann.
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