West Germany: Thomas Mann Commemoration Stamp (1955)
May 11th, 2008 Posted in Nobel Prize Winners, Stamp Archives, West Germany
The German insurance clerk, who became a Nobel Prize winner, Thomas Mann, celebrated author and novelist, was born in Lübeck on June 6, 1855. Indeed, his first novel Buddenbrooks, which brought him world fame, was the story of the decline of a prosperous Lübeck family through four generations, published in 1903. But he lived in Munich, from the age of nineteen, and his subsequent writings included Tristan, Tonio Kröger, Royal Highness, The Magic Mountain, Doktor Faustus, and short stories.
After his works were publicly burned by the Nazis, he was forced to leave Germany for the United States, where he became a naturalised citizen in 1938. He taught at Princeton University, where he wrote a number of essays denouncing Nazism.
Thomas Mann died in August 12,1955, his eightieth year.
