Klaus Mann
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Klaus Mann was a
German writer, born
1906 died
1949. He was the son of German
writer Thomas Mann and his wife Katia (nee Pringsheim). He suffered because of his
homosexuality and his father's lack of esteem for him, and left Germany in the thirties.
He worked for the American army during the second world war. He died in Cannes of an overdose of sleeping pills. The literary scandal surrounding Mephisto made him posthumously famous in Germany.
His works include: