150 years ago today, on June 6, 1875 (May 3, 1875 in the lunar calendar), the German writer Thomas Mann was born. Thomas Mann's parents, German writer Thomas Mann, was born on June 6, 1875 in the northern city of Lübeck. He was the younger brother of Heinrich Mann. His writing was mainly novels, and he had outstanding achievements in both long and short stories. He won a variety of literary prizes in his life, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. "The Buddenblonks" (1901) is the author's famous work and is also recognized as one of the classic works in contemporary literature. The subtitle of the novel, "The Decline of a Family", summarizes the content of the book. The novel revolves around the competition between two bourgeois families and unfolds a broad social picture. The novel The Magic Mountain (1924), the novella Mario and the Magician (1930), Tristan (1903), Tonio Klerger (1903), and The Death of Venice (1912) are all well-known. The writer describes the spiritual crisis of various people in capitalist society, especially intellectuals, from different angles. After the 1930s, he has successfully carried out creative practice with historical figures and biblical stories. Among them, the novels Joseph and His Brothers (1925), Lottie in Weimar (1939) and Doctor Faust (1947) have their own strengths and weaknesses. The author touches on many major social issues in real life with seemingly inappropriate themes. " The Confessions of Felix Krull the Liar (1954) is Thomas Mann's unfinished novel about the artist and his life. It is self-mocking and clearly shows the author's view that capitalist society is inevitable. After Hitler came to power, he was forced to exile in Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and later the United States. He moved to Switzerland again in 1952 because he opposed McCarthyism, until his death in 1955. Katya Thomas and his children Katya (center) with their children before Thomas and his father, Heinrich Yulia (second from right) married Thomas Mann. From left to right, Elizabeth, Goro, Fenica, Klaus, Michael, and Erica Thomas pose with their family on their 50th birthday