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Author

Thomas Mann

June 6, 1875 – August 12, 1955 · German Reich

Novelist, Essayist, Autobiographer, Short story writer, Social critic, Diarist, Screenwriter, University teacher, Writer

Titles on list

9

Total weeks

63

Peak rank

#1

Weeks at #1

2

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Biography

Born
June 6, 1875 · Lübeck
Died
August 12, 1955 · Zurich
Nationality
German Reich
Gender
Male
Languages
German
Education
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Technical University of Munich, Katharineum

Awards & Honours

  • 1929Nobel Prize in Literature
  • 1932Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
  • 1949Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
  • 1952Feltrinelli Prize
  • 1955honorary citizen of Lübeck
  • Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  • honorary doctorate from Princeton University
  • honorary doctor of Harvard University
  • honorary doctorate from Columbia University
  • Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
  • honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
  • honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
  • honorary doctorate of Lund University
  • honorary doctor of the University of Bonn
  • honorary doctor of Yale University
  • honorary doctor of the University of Jena
  • Goethe Medal for Art and Science
  • honorary doctor of Rutgers University
  • Pour le Mérite
  • Order of Orange-Nassau
  • Taylorian Lecture

On the Bestseller Lists

9 titles

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).