For ten points, name this German author of Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain.
His older brother Heinrich, who wrote Professor Unrat, was also a noted novelist. One of his major projects involved the retelling of much of the book of Genesis in the four-novel series Joseph and His Brothers, begun in the early 1930s. He was prolific in the novella genre, with works based on Wagner's operas such as Tristan and The Blood of the Walsungs, as well as Mario and the Magician, Tonio Kroger, and a work about Gustave von Aschenbach's fascination for the young Tadzio, entitled Death in Venice. For ten points, name this German author of Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain.
His older brother Heinrich, who wrote Professor Unrat, was also a noted novelist.
Thomas {Mann}