Thomas Mann
(1875-1955)
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
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Paul Thomas Mann (MAN, MAHN; ; 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.
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Paul Thomas Mann 6 June 1875 Lubeck, Germany
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12 August 1955 (aged 80) Zürich, Switzerland
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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Elisabeth Mann-Borgese · Daughter · 1918-2002 · Canadian German-born expert in maritime law, ecologist
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