Thomas Mann, from behind, 1930. Hans Castorp, the protagonist of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, famously spends seven ...

One of the lingering mysteries about the German writer Thomas Mann is how there could have been any lingering mystery about his repressed –make that sublimated– sexual desire for beautiful young men.

Thomas Allan Mann was a key figure behind the Detroit Mass Mob, which revitalized attendance at historic Catholic churches in the area. He died at 71 on Feb. 24. A memorial Mass will be held on May 4 ...

Why is Thomas Mann still regarded today as one of the most important German storytellers of the 20th century? Why do his novels and novellas continue to be read, translated, adapted for the stage, ...

Author Thomas Mann's family - Germany's Kennedys - fascinates to this day. Biographer Tilmann Lahme tells DW why they became beacons of the struggle against Hitler - and foreshadowed the selfie era.

Frederic Spotts chronicles all the ways Klaus attempted to better his father, but never quite managed it in Cursed Legacy You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...

A new novel about Thomas Mann’s longstanding American translator portrays a woman ahead of her time and, despite her shortcomings, important to leading Mann to a Nobel Prize. By Celia McGee Among the ...