Trotski, Leon (1879-1940)  Russia The Russian revolutionary spend some time in exile in Switzerland, plotting a revolution that would kill him together with half the world. >>> Turner, Tina (1939-)  USA The American singer has lived in Zurich since 1986, on the Goldküste, the most fashionable district of the Swiss economic capital. Born Anna M >>> Canetti, Elias (1905-1994)  Bulgaria The jewish-spanish writer studied in Zurich for 5 years. In 1981 he received the Litterature Nobel Prize. >>> Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)  Germany Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Würtemberg, Germany and died on April 18, 1955 in Princeton, NJ, USA. Albert Einstein contributed m >>> Esterházy-Ottrubay, Melinda (1921-)  Hungary The Austrian-Hungarian princess, one of the largest landholders in Austria, has lived in Zürich since the death of her husband. >>> Joyce, James (1882-1941)  Ireland The great Irish writer moved to Switzerland from Paris because of the War, and died in Zürich in 1941 >>> Kaas, Patricia (1966-)  France The French singer who has sold over 10 million albums has lived in Zurich since December 2000. Born in Forbach in 1966, Patricia Kaas is the youngest >>> Mann, Thomas (1875-1955)  Germany The German author and Nobel Prize winner lived in Switzerland for 8 years. Thomas Mann, born in 1875, came from old Lübeck patrician stock. After >>> Tzara, Tristan (1896-1963)  Romania The Dada writer spent years in Zurich, helping to create this artistic movement. Later he joined the french Résistance with his surrealist friends in >>>

3c9 Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955) Germany The German author and Nobel Prize winner lived in Switzerland for 8 years. Thomas Mann, born in 1875, came from old Lübeck patrician stock. After his father's death, the family moved to Munich. He made his debut in the avant-garde movement of the time, Berlin's naturalist movement and the well-known satirical weekly, Simplicissimus. Influenced by philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, he wrote his first short story, Vision, in 1893 under the pen name Paul Thomas. After n >>> 0