Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann (1875–1955) was a German writer and one of the major representatives of the German-language novel. Born in Lübeck into a family of merchants and senators, he first worked as an intern at an insurance company and later as an editor at the satirical magazine Simplicissimus before becoming a full-time writer. His best-known works include Buddenbrooks, Tonio Kröger, Death in Venice, The Magic Mountain, and Doctor Faustus. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, in recognition of his fiction, particularly Buddenbrooks. Mann emigrated from Germany in 1933, initially settling in Switzerland and later moving to the United States. He returned to Switzerland in 1952.