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Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (–)
For other people named Thomas Mann, see Thomas Mann (disambiguation).
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| Born | ()6 June Free City of Lübeck, German Empire |
| Died | 12 August () (aged&#;80) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Kilchberg, Switzerland |
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| Period | 20th century |
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| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Years&#;active | – |
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| Notable works | Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, Death in Venice, Joseph and His Brothers, Doctor Faustus |
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| Spouse | Katia Pringsheim |
| Children | Erika, Klaus, Golo, Monika, Elisabeth, Michael |
| Relatives | Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann (father) Júlia da Silva Bruhns (mother) Heinrich Mann (brother) |
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The Stages
A glance at the cemetery in Kilchberg, where Thomas, Katia, and all the children were buried, except for Klaus, who died in , shows a family that not only is emblematic for Germany worldwide, but for an international family. The gravestones include American, British, Canadian and Swiss citizens, who have been buried there. Mann’s exile lasted until his death in and even beyond, if one considers the descendants scattered around the world. The countries of residence and citizenship alone are evidence of his turn to the international. At the same time, the Manns were always a “German” family. Especially Thomas Mann, given the tide of events that had forced him to relinquish his citizenship, had never been anything other than a German writer. The famous words he uttered upon arriving in New York in “Where I am is German culture,” are emblematic of this sentiment. He decoupled his concept of German from nation and based it instead on its cultural imprint.
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