This German novelist's death was not in Venice but in Switzerland on Aug. 12, 1955
Death: Aug. 12, 1955 ... "
Death in Venice" his famous novel, was inspired by a young, sailor-suited boy 
whom the ... On Hitler's accession Mann moved to Switzerland, where he edited 
the literary ... Mann lived in the U.S. some ten years, but was disappointed with 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Mann - Biographical - Nobelprize.org [PAR] My father was the grandson and great-grandson of Lbeck citizens, but my 
mother first saw the ... Janeiro as the daughter of a German plantation owner and 
a Portuguese-Creole Brazilian.