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Klaus Mann
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German writer (1906–1949)

Also known as: Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann, Клаус Манн, كلاوس مان, 클라우스 만, クラウス・マン, 克劳斯·曼

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Known works

  • Escape to life (1939)
  • Die zerbrochenen Spiegel
  • Mephisto (1995)
  • André Gide and the crisis of modern thought (1943)
  • Heart of Europe (1943)