Mephisto (novel)

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Mephisto

Author	Klaus Mann
Original title	Mephisto: Roman einer Karriere
Language	German
Genre	Theatre-fiction
Publisher	Querido Verlag (Amsterdam)
Publication date	1936
Publication place	Germany

Mephisto – Novel of a Career is the sixth novel by German author Klaus Mann.

The novel adapts themes from the Faust legend to follow the life of actor Hendrik Höfgen, a thinly disguised portrait of German actor Gustaf Gründgens. The actor abandons his conscience to ingratiate himself with the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis), keep his job and improve his social positions.

Mephisto was first published in 1936 by an Exilliteratur firm based in Amsterdam, while the author was in self-imposed exile from the Hitler regime. It was published for the first time in Germany in the East Berlin Aufbau-Verlag in 1956.

The novel was adapted into an award-winning film of the same title, released in 1981.