Nobel laureate: Thomas Mann
Born: 1875-06-06, Lübeck, Germany
Died: 1955-08-12, Zurich, Switzerland
Gender: male
Prizes:
year: 1929
category: literature
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motivation: "principally for his great novel, <I>Buddenbrooks</I>, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"