6/10/2023 0 Comments Der fromme Tanz by Klaus Mann![]() ![]() Around this time they made the acquaintance of Annemarie Schwarzenbach, a Swiss writer and photographer, who remained close to them for the next few years. He travelled with Erika to North Africa in 1929. ![]() The engagement was broken off in January 1928. In 1924 he had become engaged to his childhood friend Pamela Wedekind, the eldest daughter of the playwright Frank Wedekind, who was also a close friend of his sister Erika. ![]() After only a short time in various schools, he travelled with his sister Erika Mann, a year older than himself, around the world, visiting the US in 1927, and reporting about it in essays published as a collaborative travelogue in 1929. His homosexuality often made him the target of bigotry, and he had a difficult relationship with his father. His first literary works were published in 1925. He began writing short stories in 1924 and the following year became drama critic for a Berlin newspaper. His father was baptized as a Lutheran, while his mother was from a family of secular Jews. Born in Munich, Klaus Mann was the son of German writer Thomas Mann and his wife, Katia Pringsheim. ![]()
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