Heinrich Mann is one of the classics of German literature. For his anti-fascist activities, the writer was expelled from Germany. He spent the last years of his life away from his homeland, in the USA. As a child, he did not know what need was. Subsequently, Mann experienced for himself what it was like not to have a life support.
From the biography of Heinrich Mann
The future German prose writer was born in Lubeck (Germany) on March 27, 1871 in a patriarchal merchant family. He is the older brother of the equally famous writer Thomas Mann. The boy's father owned a fairly large trading company, which he inherited. In 1877, the elder Mann became Senator of Lubeck. He was in charge of finance and economic affairs. The ancestors of Henry's mother came from Brazil.
The family was large enough. Henry had two brothers as well as two sisters. The boy's childhood was truly cloudless and carefree: he grew up in a very wealthy family. In 1899, Mann graduated from high school, after which he moved to Dresden. Here he was engaged in book trade for some time. Subsequently, Heinrich moved to Berlin, where he worked in a publishing house and at the same time studied science at the university.
The life of a writer
In 1891, the head of a large family died of cancer. In his will, he indicated that his house and the company he owned should be sold. The wife and children now had to live on a percentage of the proceeds.
In 1914, Mann got married. The actress Maria Canova became his chosen one. The only child in the family of Henry was the daughter of Leonie.
At the very beginning of the imperialist war, Mann's novel "The Head" saw the light of day, where the author vividly and realistically portrayed the customs of the imperial Germany that he knew well. Mann managed to show the image of the protagonist "from the inside".
In 1935 Mann's novel "The Young Years of King Henry IV" was published, where he created one of the most convincing images of the ruler in the history of literature. Subsequently, the writer put a lot of work into the continuation of the novel.
During the existence of the Weimar Republic, Heinrich was elected an academician of the literary department of the Prussian Academy of Arts. In 1931 he became the head of this department. Among many other prominent cultural figures, Mann signed a number of appeals against Nazism, which contained calls for the creation of a united front of communists and social democrats.
In a foreign land
In 1933, Hitler came to power in Germany. Heinrich Mann was stripped of his German citizenship. He had to emigrate to Prague, and then to France. The writer lived in Paris and Nice. When the Nazis occupied France, Mann traveled through Spain and Portugal to the United States. Since 1940, the writer has lived in Los Angeles.
The most famous novels by Heinrich Mann, included in the treasury of his work: "The Land of the Pudding Shores" (1894), "Little Town" (1909), "Big Business" (1930), "Serious Life" (1932), "Breathing" (1949)).
After moving to the United States, the writer was in a very dire situation. The death of his wife was added to all the hardships.
The famous German writer passed away on March 11, 1950 in California. Subsequently, his ashes were transported to the GDR.
