Death in Venice
1912 novella by Thomas Mann / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella by German author Thomas Mann, published in 1912.[1] It presents an ennobled writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a boy in a family of Polish tourists—Tadzio, so nicknamed for Tadeusz. Tadzio was based on a real boy named Władzio whom Mann had observed during his 1911 visit to the city.
This article is about Thomas Mann's novella. For other uses, see Death in Venice (disambiguation).
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Author | Thomas Mann |
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Original title | Der Tod in Venedig |
Language | German |
Genre | Novella |
Publisher | S. Fischer Verlag |
Publication date | 1912 |
Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1924 (periodical), 1925 (book) |
OCLC | 71208736 |
Text | Death in Venice at Internet Archive |
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