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Thomas Mann

Born

in Lübeck, Germany

June 06, 1875

Died

August 12, 1955

Genre

Classics, Fiction, Philosophy

Influences

Theodor Fontane, Goethe, Ivan Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Schopenh ...more

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Serbian: Tomas Man

Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate in 1929, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer. His older brother was the radical writer Heinrich Mann, and three of his six children, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann and Golo Mann, also became important ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 368,223 ratings · 27,983 reviews · 2,304 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 66,789 ratings — published 1924 — 826 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in Venice 3.67 avg rating — 74,890 ratings — published 1911 — 819 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family 4.21 avg rating — 38,957 ratings — published 1901 — 195 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 16,329 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating — 14,630 ratings — published 1947 — 317 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tonio Kröger by Thomas Mann, J. White (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 8,867 ratings — published 1903 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mario und der Zauberer 3.38 avg rating — 8,179 ratings — published 1929 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years 3.84 avg rating — 6,060 ratings — published 1954 — 235 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in Venice and Other Stories 3.82 avg rating — 4,223 ratings — published 1928 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories by Thomas Mann, H.T. Lowe-Porter 3.88 avg rating — 2,999 ratings — published 1936 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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