Katia Mann

(1883-1980)

Thomas MAnn's wife

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Katia Mann (born Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim; July 24, 1883 – April 25, 1980) was the youngest child and only daughter (among four sons) of the German Jewish mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her marriage. Katia was also a granddaughter of the writer and women's rights activist Hedwig Dohm. Her twin brother Klaus Pringsheim was a conductor, composer, music writer and music pedagogue, active in Germany and Japan. She married the writer Thomas Mann.

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Born	Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim 24 July 1883 Feldafing, Germany
Died	25 April 1980 (aged 96) Zurich, Switerland
Zodiac	Leo
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Erika Mann · Daughter · 1905-1969 · German actress and writer edit info

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Klaus Mann · Son · 1906-1949 · German writer edit info

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Golo Mann · Son · 1909-1994 · 20th-century German popular historian edit info

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Monika Mann · Daughter · 1910-1992 · Novelist edit info

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Elisabeth Mann-Borgese · Daughter · 1918-2002 · Canadian German-born expert in maritime law, ecologist edit info

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Michael Mann (scholar) · Son · 1919-1977 · German academic edit info

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