them were ignored. Later she moved into her own apartment near her parents. From 1943 to 1952, with short breaks, she lived in New York. After attempts to renew her career as a pianist she turned to employment as a writer. In 1952 she was granted US citizenship, but she was already planning her return to Europe. In September she travelled with her sister Elizabeth's family to Italy. After a few months in Genoa, Bordighera and Rome she fulfilled her desire to live in a beautiful region by moving to Capri, where she lived in the Villa Monacone with her partner, Antonio Spadaro. In Capri she blossomed. During this period she wrote five books and contributed regular feature pages to Swiss, German and Italian newspapers and magazines. She remained in Capri for 32 years until the spring of 1986, a few months after the death of Spadaro in December 1985. She was not able to realise her desire to live in Kilchberg, Zurich with her parents, who had returned to Europe. She spent her last years at Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the care of Ingrid Beck-Mann, the widow of her brother Golo's adopted son, and died on 17 March 1992. She was buried in the family grave in Kilchberg. Selected works English translation by Der Start. Ein Tagebuch. Steinklopfer-Verlag, Fürstenfeldbruck 1960 Tupfen im All. Hegner, Köln/Olten 1963 Wunder der Kindheit. Bilder und Impressionen. Hegner, Köln/Olten 1966 Der letzte Häftling. Eine wahre Legende in onore eines (letzten) Komponisten. Lemke, Lohhof 1967 Das fahrende Haus. Aus dem Leben einer Weltbürgerin. Hrsg. with an epilogue by Karin Andert. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2007, (Interviews, Texte und Briefe) See also Dohm–Mann family tree Notes References Hans Wißkirchen: Die Familie Mann. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, Uwe Naumann (Hrsg.): Die Kinder der Manns. Ein Familienalbum. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2005, Katia Mann: Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren. Fischer-TB, Frankfurt, 2000. Die angeführten Briefe sind Teil der Handschriftensammlung der Monacensia, München bzw. der Sammlung des Deutschen Literaturarchivs Marbach. External links "Monika Mann". In: FemBio (Frauen-Biographieforschung). 1910 births 1992 deaths Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States German autobiographers Jewish women writers German people of Jewish descent Jewish American writers Monika Women autobiographers 20th-century American women writers Alumni of Schule Schloss Salem 20th-century American Jews