Thomas Mann was born on 6 June 1875 in Lübeck.
Sources
- Zauberer der Worte – Thomas Mann (blog.dnb.de)
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Mann (britannica.com)
- https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1929/mann/biographical/ (nobelprize.org)
- https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1929/mann/facts/ (nobelprize.org)
- https://www.thomas-mann-gesellschaft.de/thomas-mann/1875-1894/index.html (thomas-mann-gesellschaft.de)
- https://buddenbrookhaus.de/geschichten-aus-der-sammlung-thomas-mann (buddenbrookhaus.de)
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