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Thomas Mann (1875 –1955) was a German novelist mainly famous for a series of
highly symbolic, sometimes ironic novels and stories showing his particular
insight into the psychology of artists and intellectuals. In 1905, he
married Katia Pringsheim, daughter of a well-known Jewish family of
intellectuals. They had six children: Klaus, Erika, Golo, Monika, Elisabeth
and Michael. Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 for his
first major novel, Buddenbrooks, which was translated into numerous
languages and established his literary reputation. His best-known novel is
probably The Magic Mountain, set in Davos, Switzerland. In 1933, Mann chose
to leave Germany because of the political situation. He took refuge first in
Switzerland and then moved to the US. He later settled in Kilchberg, near
Zurich, Switzerland where he died and is buried. Mann’s third son Golo, a
popular, though sometimes controversial historian, is also buried in
Kilchberg, not in but near to the family grave. |
