Heinrich Mann
- Category : Writers-Playwright-script
- Type : PSP
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Split - Large
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Service 1
Biography
German novelist, essayist and playwright, the older brother of writer Thomas Mann. A novel of his was the basis for the 1932 film "The Blue Angel."
Heinrich grew up in a wealthy merchant family in Lubbecke, Germany. His father was a grain merchant and city senator. His mother was a pianist and a planter's daughter from German-Brazilian parentage. In 1891, his dad died and the family grain business was liquidated. When already a successful writer, he encouraged his younger brother to write.
Married; his wife committed suicide.
Mann died on 3/12/1950, Santa Monica, CA.