Alfred Döblin
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Bruno Alfred Döblin was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz. A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of lite
Döblin c. 1930
Alfred Döblin bronze bust, by Siegfried Wehrmeister
Illustrated title page of Döblin's novella "Das Stiftsfräulein und der Tod"; woodcut by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's portrait of Alfred Döblin
Wallenstein (novel)
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Wallenstein is a 1920 historical novel by German author Alfred Döblin. Set in Central Europe during the Thirty Years War, the novel's plot is organized around the polar figures of Ferdinand II, Holy R
Alfred Döblin
…Marks) for The Three Leaps of Wang Lun (Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun). Following this recognition, Döblin set himself to work on his historical novel Wallenstein, set during the Thirty Years' War. Döblin had to interrupt work on the novel in March 1917 because he had caught typhus, but was able to use the…
Cover of the first edition