Monika Mann
Encyclopedia
Monika Mann was a German
novelist.
Born in Munich
, she was the daughter of novelist Thomas Mann
, sister to Klaus
, Erika
, Elisabeth
, Michael and Golo Mann
, and also a niece of the novelist Heinrich Mann
.
Between 1954 and 1986, she lived on Capri
in Villa Monacone near the Faraglioni
together with her boyfriend Antonio Spadaro.
She died in Leverkusen
, Germany
.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
novelist.
Born in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, she was the daughter of novelist Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...
, sister to Klaus
Klaus Mann
- Life and work :Born in Munich, Klaus Mann was the son of German writer Thomas Mann and his wife, Katia Pringsheim. His father was baptized as a Lutheran, while his mother was from a family of secular Jews. He began writing short stories in 1924 and the following year became drama critic for a...
, Erika
Erika Mann
Erika Julia Hedwig Mann was a German actress and writer, the eldest daughter of novelist Thomas Mann and Katia Mann.-Life:...
, Elisabeth
Elisabeth Mann-Borgese
Elisabeth Mann Borgese, CM was the youngest daughter of Thomas Mann and his wife Katia Pringsheim, sister to Klaus, Erika, Golo, Monika and Michael Mann, sister-in-law to W. H. Auden, and niece of the novelist Heinrich Mann.Elisabeth was born in Munich, Germany...
, Michael and Golo Mann
Golo Mann
Golo Mann , born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann, was a popular German historian, essayist and writer. He was the third child of the novelist Thomas Mann and his wife Katia Mann.-Life:...
, and also a niece of the novelist Heinrich Mann
Heinrich Mann
Luiz Heinrich Mann was a German novelist who wrote works with strong social themes. His attacks on the authoritarian and increasingly militaristic nature of pre-World War II German society led to his exile in 1933.-Life and work:Born in Lübeck as the oldest child of Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann...
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Between 1954 and 1986, she lived on Capri
Capri
Capri is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy...
in Villa Monacone near the Faraglioni
Faraglioni
Faraglioni is the collective name for three stacks located off the island of Capri in the Bay of Naples. The stacks have been given their own names: Stella , Mezzo , and Scopolo . Its height is 109 m, 82 m and 106 m, respectively. The lacerta viridens faraglionesis or the blue-tinted lizard can...
together with her boyfriend Antonio Spadaro.
She died in Leverkusen
Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Selected works
- Vergangenes und Gegenwärtiges. Erinnerungen. (autobiography) Kindler, München 1956; Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-499-23087-9.
- Der Start. Ein Tagebuch. Steinklopfer-Verlag, Fürstenfeldbruck 1960
- Tupfen im All. Hegner, Köln/Olten 1963
- Wunder der Kindheit. Bilder und Impressionen. Hegner, Köln/Olten 1966
- Der letzte Häftling. Eine wahre Legende in onore eines (letzten) Komponisten. Lemke, Lohhof 1967
- Das fahrende Haus. Aus dem Leben einer Weltbürgerin. Hrsg. und mit einem Nachwort von Karin Andert. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2007, ISBN 978-3-49924513-8 (Interviews, Texte und Briefe)
See also
- Dohm-Mann family treeDohm-Mann family treeThe Dohm-Mann family tree contains a number of famous writers, musicians and actors. This family tree is not complete but is focused on showing the relationship of the well-known members of the family....