| Code | DS/UK/1980 |
| Dates | 06/06/1875-12/08/1955 |
| Person Name | Mann; Thomas (06/06/1875-12/08/1955) |
| Surname | Mann |
| Forenames | Thomas |
| Activity | German novelist and essayist. |
| Relationships | Brother of Heinrich Mann; married (1905) to Katja Mann, née Pringsheim; father of Klaus Mann, Erika Mann, Golo Mann, Monika Mann, Elisabeth Mann-Borgese and Michael Mann. |
| History | Lübeck (1875-1891); Munich (1891-1933): his career as a writer began with his work for the Simplicissimus in 1898. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. He emigrated first to Switzerland (1933-1938) and later to the USA (Princeton and Southern California, 1938-1952). For the final years of his life he returned to Switzerland (1952-1955). |
| Source | "Thomas Mann", Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. [Online version]; URL: http://ezproxy.ouls.ox.ac.uk:2055/EBchecked/topic/362476/Thomas-Mann [accessed 04/07/2012].
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie: in zwanzig Bänden, vol. 12, Wiesbaden 1971. |
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