Katia Mann

Katia Mann
Thomas and Katia Mann
Born
Katharina Hedwig Pringsheim

(1883-07-24)24 July 1883
Feldafing near Munich, Germany
Died25 April 1980(1980-04-25) (aged 96)
Kilchberg, Zürich, Switzerland
SpouseThomas Mann
ChildrenErika, Klaus, Golo, Monika, Elisabeth, Michael
Parent(s)Hedwig Dohm
Alfred Pringsheim
RelativesKlaus Pringsheim Sr. (twin brother)

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, music writer and music pedagogue, active in Germany and Japan. She married the writer Thomas Mann.