Thomas Mannauthor profile |
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| born | June 06, 1875 |
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| died | August 12, 1955 |
| gender | male |
| place of birth | Lübeck, Germany |
| influences | Dostoevsky, Stirner, Fontane, Freud, J.P. Jacobsen, Goethe, Hesse, Hoffmann, Jung, Lessing, Luther, Nietzsche, Poe, Schlegel, Schopenhauer, Wagner, Schoenberg, von Platen, Grimmelshausen, Heinrich Mann, Melville |
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about this author
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature." |
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books by Thomas Manncombine editionsavg rating: 3.97 | 3656 ratings | 204 distinct works see all books by Thomas Mann » |
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quotes by Thomas Mann
"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
— Thomas Mann
— Thomas Mann
"it is most certainly a good thing that the world knows only the beautiful opus but not its origins, not the conditions of its creation; for if people knew the sources of the artist's inspiration, that knowledge would often confuse them, alarm them, and thereby destroy the effects of excellence. strange hours! strangely enervating labor! bizarrely fertile intercourse of the mind with a body!"
— Thomas Mann (Death in Venice)
— Thomas Mann (Death in Venice)