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Heinrich Mann
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27 March 1871 - 11 March 1950
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Heinrich Mann was born on March 27, 1871 in Lübeck, in an old burgher family. The older brother of writer Thomas Mann. He studied at the University of Berlin. Although the first novel of the writer was published in 1893, he considered the beginning of his creative path 1900, when his novel “The Promised Land” was published – a satirical and grotesque description of bourgeois Germany. Then the trilogy “Goddess” was published, which did not have much success. In 1905, perhaps the most famous novel
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Heinrich Mann was born on March 27, 1871 in Lübeck, in an old burgher family. The older brother of writer Thomas Mann. He studied at the University of Berlin. Although the first novel of the writer was published in 1893, he considered the beginning of his creative path 1900, when his novel “The Promised Land” was published – a satirical and grotesque description of bourgeois Germany. Then the trilogy “Goddess” was published, which did not have much success. In 1905, perhaps the most famous novel by Heinrich Mann appeared - "Teacher Gnus". This work was subsequently filmed more than once, the most famous film based on the novel - "Blue Angel" directed by Joseph von Sternberg, with Marlene Dietrich in the title role. Since the early 1910s, the journalistic and literary-critical activity of the German writer has been unfolding. A month before the outbreak of the First World War, Heinrich Mann completed one of his most significant novels - the political satire "Faithful", which composed the first part of the conceived trilogy "Empire", which, in addition to this book, included the novels "Poor" (1917) and "Head" (1925). From 1926 he was a member, and from 1931 - chairman of the department of literature of the Prussian Academy of Arts. In 1933, Mann emigrated from Nazi Germany, living first in Prague and then in France. In the 1930s, he created a dilogy about Henry IV - The Young Years of King Henry IV (1935) and The Mature Years of King Henry IV (1938) - the pinnacle of the late artistic creativity of the writer. In 1940, after the occupation of France, Heinrich Mann was forced to leave for the United States. His last books are "Lydice", "Breathing", "Reception in the Light", and the result of his journalism was the book "Review of the Century". Heinrich Mann died in Santa Monica, California, on March 12, 1950.