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Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann (1875–1955) was from Germany. At the age of 25, he published his first novel, Buddenbrooks. In 1924, The Magic Mountain was published, and five years later, Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Following the rise of the Nazis to power, he left Germany for good in 1933 to live in Switzerland and then in California, where he wrote Doctor Faustus (first published in the United States in 1948). 
Death in Venice and Other Stories
Royal Highness
Joseph and His Brothers
Doctor Faustus
Death in Venice
The Magic Mountain
Buddenbrooks
Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man
Death in Venice
Death in Venice and Other Stories
The Transposed Heads

Books

Death in Venice and Other Stories
Royal Highness
Joseph and His Brothers
Doctor Faustus
Death in Venice
The Magic Mountain
Buddenbrooks
Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man
Death in Venice
Death in Venice and Other Stories
The Transposed Heads

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