Nobel laureate
Thomas Mann — Nobel Prize in Literature 1929
“principally for his great novel, <I>Buddenbrooks</I>, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature”
Prize motivation
“principally for his great novel, <I>Buddenbrooks</I>, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature”
The Swedish Academy awarded Thomas Mann the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature principally for his great novel, <I>Buddenbrooks</I>, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature.
Other laureates of the 1920s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).