Death in Venice

Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella by German author Thomas Mann, published in 1912. It presents an ennobled writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a boy in a family of Polish tourists—Tadzio, so nicknamed for Tadeusz. Tadzio was based on a real boy named Władzio whom Mann had observed during his 1911 visit to the city.

This article is about Thomas Mann's novella. For other uses, see Death in Venice (disambiguation).
Death in Venice
AuthorThomas Mann
Original titleDer Tod in Venedig
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
GenreNovella
PublisherS. Fischer Verlag
Publication date
1912
Published in English
1924 (periodical), 1925 (book)
OCLC71208736
TextDeath in Venice at Internet Archive
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