Thomas Mann received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, making them laureate number 29 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are one of 8 laureates from Germany.
Our pick for reading Thomas Mann for the first time is Buddenbrooks. It is one of the most widely read Nobel books in the world and an easy way in.
Buddenbrooks follows the decline of a wealthy merchant family in Lübeck across four generations. Mann published it at just 25, and it was the book the Academy named when it gave him the prize. It reads as an easy-to-follow family saga, full of memorable characters and quiet irony.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.