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Also known as Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann

German writer (1906–1949)

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Klaus Mann was a German writer, translator, screenwriter, and literary critic born in Munich in 1906. He was the son of Thomas Mann and Katia Mann, and his siblings included Monika Mann, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Erika Mann, and Golo Mann. Mann’s literary output included works in the theatre and autobiography genres, with notable titles such as *Mephisto*, *Anja und Esther*, *Der siebente Engel*, *Treffpunkt im Unendlichen*, and *Der Bauchredner*. He was influenced by his father and participated in World War II while serving in the United States Army.

Mann held citizenship in the German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, and the United States. He resided in Munich, Bavaria, and was involved in the significant event of the Nazi book burnings. He died by suicide due to a drug overdose in Cannes in 1949. His remains are buried in the Cannes (Grand Jas) Cemetery.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1906
Died
1949
Works
137

Top works

  • Mephisto
  • Anja und Esther
  • Der siebente Engel
  • Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
  • Der Bauchredner

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Film & TV

Writing

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1906
Active to
1949
beat musicbritishbritish bluesbritish rhythm & bluespoppop rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
142
Total plays
4,965

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Klaus+Mann">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 62,994x

  2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,622x

  3. Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD

    · 2005 · cited 15,864x

  4. MaxQuant enables high peptide identification rates, individualized p.p.b.-range mass accuracies and proteome-wide protein quantification

    · 2008 · cited 14,600x

  5. Nonparametric Tests Against Trend

    · 1945 · cited 14,316x

via Crossref · CC0

~18 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann (18 November 1906 – 21 May 1949) was a German writer and anti-fascist activist. He was the son of Thomas Mann, a nephew of Heinrich Mann and brother of Erika Mann (with whom he maintained a lifelong close relationship) and Golo Mann.

Klaus moved to the United States to escape Nazism, and after training in counterintelligence as one of the Ritchie Boys, he served in Europe during World War II, becoming one of the first outsiders to witness the horrors of the concentration camps. His books Escape to Life (co-written with his sister Erika Mann), and The Turning Point have attained importance as frequently cited primary documents of the experience of exile undergone by members of the German intelligentsia and arts community who fled the Third Reich. This genre is referred to as Exilliteratur.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Klaus Mann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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