Thomas Mann
Born in 1875
Classics
Fiction
Philosophy
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, and essayist known for his symbolic and ironic epic novels.
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.
Mann's works often explored the psychology of artists and intellectuals, blending German and Biblical stories with philosophical ideas.
He fled Germany when Hitler rose to power, living in Switzerland and the United States before returning to Switzerland in 1952.
Mann's writing is characterized by its complexity, erudition, and critique of European and German culture.
He is considered a key figure in 20th-century German literature and a prominent voice of the Exilliteratur movement.
