Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 - 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, 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. Mann was a member of the Hanseatic Mann family, and portrayed his own family and social class in the novel Buddenbrooks. 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 German writers. When Hitler came to power in 1933, Mann fled to Switzerland. When World War II broke out in 1939, he emigrated to the United States, whence he returned to Switzerland in 1952. Thomas Mann is one of the best-known exponents of the so-called Exilliteratur. This book is your ultimate resource for Thomas Mann. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Thomas Mann's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Thomas Mann, Adalbert Stifter, Anthony Heilbut, Arnolt Bronnen, Arthur Schopenhauer, Botho Strau Buddenbrooks, Christian Kracht, Clemens Brentano, Confessions of Felix Krull, Culture of Germany, Death in Venice, Dohm-Mann family tree, Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, Erich Heller, Erich Kstner, Erika Mann, Exilliteratur, Fiorenza, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Bchner Prize, German literature, Goethe Prize, Golo Mann, Gottfried Benn, Gnter Grass, H. T. Lowe-Porter, Hanseaten (class), Heinrich Bll, Heinrich Mann, Hermann Burger, Hermann Hesse, History of Germanyand more pages!Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.