Katia Mann
German wife of Thomas Mann
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- Katia Mann (born Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim ; 24 July 1883 – 25 April 1980) was the youngest child and only daughter (among four sons) of the German Jewish mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her marriage.
- Her twin brother Klaus was a conductor, composer and music pedagogue, active in Germany and Japan.
- Life Katia was born in Feldafing near Munich, into one of the wealthiest families in Germany.
- At the age of 21, in the fall of 1904, she aborted her studies of physics and mathematics at the request of her mother and aunt, to marry the writer Thomas Mann on 11 February 1905, in Munich.
- Katia and Thomas Mann had six children (see section "Children" infra ).
Katia Mann (born Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim; 24 July 1883 – 25 April 1980) was the youngest child and only daughter (among four sons) of the German Jewish mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife Hedwig Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her marriage. Katia was also a granddaughter of the writer and women's rights activist Hedwig Dohm. Her twin brother Klaus was a conductor, composer and music pedagogue, active in Germany and Japan. She married the writer Thomas Mann.
Life
Katia was born in Feldafing near Munich, into one of the wealthiest families in Germany. She was the granddaughter of German-Jewish industrialist Rudolf Pringsheim and the great-niece of the banker Hugo Pringsheim. At the age of 21, in the fall of 1904, she aborted her studies of physics and mathematics at the request of her mother and aunt, to marry the writer Thomas Mann on 11 February 1905, in Munich. She continued her studies as a guest student for another four semesters. Katia and Thomas Mann had six children (see section "Children" infra). Katia later converted to her husband's Lutheranism.
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