German language
Published July 10, 1912 by S. Fischer Verlag.
Der Tod in Venedig
by Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann: Der Tod in Venedig (German language, 1912, S. Fischer Verlag)
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Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella written by the German author Thomas Mann published in 1912. The work presents a great writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a stunningly beautiful youth. Tadzio, the boy in the story, is the nickname for the Polish name Tadeusz and based on a boy Mann had seen during his visit to Venice in 1911.
Places
- Venice