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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1929

"principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
Germany
b. 1875
d. 1955
 
 
 
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