Paul Thomas Mann (UK: MAN, US: MAHN; German: [ˈtoːmas ˈman] ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their...
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
—Henry Steele Commager in Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent
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