Death in Venice
| Author | Thomas Mann |
|---|---|
| Original title | Der Tod in Venedig |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Novella |
| Publisher | S. Fischer Verlag |
Publication date | 1912 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1924 (periodical), 1925 (book) |
| OCLC | 71208736 |
| Text | Death in Venice at Internet Archive |
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, a nickname for Tadeusz. Tadzio was likely based on a boy named Władzio whom Mann had observed during his 1911 visit to the city.