Paul Thomas Mann (1875 – 1955)
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are 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 versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur Schopenhauer.
Notable works :
1912: Death in Venice (Der Tod in Venedig)
1901: Buddenbrooks (Buddenbrooks – Verfall einer Familie)
1924: The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg)
1939: Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns
1947: Doctor Faustus (Doktor Faustus)
1951: The Holy Sinner (Der Erwählte)
Read more : Heinrich Mann, Plato – Symposium