Thomas Mann



Thomas Mann

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born June 06, 1875
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

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."

books by Thomas Mann

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avg rating: 3.97 | 3656 ratings | 204 distinct works
The Magic Mountain The Magic Mountain (Vintage International)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 4.20 — 713 ratings — published 1924
24 editions
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Death in Venice and Seven Othe... Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories (Paperback)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 3.90 — 298 ratings — published 1999
4 editions
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Doctor Faustus : The Life of t... Doctor Faustus : The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend (Paperback)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 4.10 — 228 ratings — published 1999
32 editions
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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a... Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 4.18 — 218 ratings — published 1901
48 editions
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The Confessions of Felix Krull... The Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years (Paperback)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 3.84 — 98 ratings — published 1954
25 editions
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Tonio Kroger Tonio Kroger (German Texts)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 3.92 — 65 ratings — published 2001
11 editions
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Joseph and His Brothers Joseph and His Brothers (Hardcover)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 4.17 — 42 ratings — published 1943
14 editions
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Tonio Kröger/Mario und der Za... Tonio Kröger/Mario und der Zauberer (Paperback)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 3.86 — 35 ratings — published 1903
3 editions
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The Transposed Heads : A Legen... The Transposed Heads : A Legend of India (Mass Market Paperback)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 4.14 — 22 ratings — published 1959
2 editions
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The Holy Sinner The Holy Sinner (Paperback)
by Thomas Mann
avg rating 3.67 — 15 ratings — published 1951
7 editions
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quotes by Thomas Mann

19405
"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
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"No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself."
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19405
"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)
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