Thomas Mann (1875-1955)

Awarded the Prize “principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature.”

German writer. Mann was born in Lubeck on June 6, 1875. After finishing school, he became a clerk in an office of a Munich insurance company. Later he attended lectures in history, economics, art history, and literature at the University of Munich. His career as a writer started in 1898 when his first book published. On the Nazi’s accession, Thomas Mann moved to Switzerland, and in 1936 he settled in the United States, where he once worked at the University of Princeton. In 1947 Mann returned to Europe and lived mostly in Switzerland, near Zurich, where he died on August 12, 1955.
Major Work:
Buddenbrooks (1901); The Magic Mountain (1924); Joseph and his Brothers (1933-1943)