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Bruno Alfred Döblin ( German: [ˈalfʁeːt døːˈbliːn] ⓘ; 10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
Alfred Döblin was a German novelist and essayist, the most talented narrative writer of the German Expressionist movement. Döblin studied medicine and became a doctor, practicing psychiatry in the workers’ district of the Alexanderplatz in Berlin.
Bruno Alfred Döblin (* 10. August 1878 in Stettin; † 26. Juni 1957 in Emmendingen) war ein deutscher Psychiater und Schriftsteller . Sein episches Werk umfasst mehrere Romane, Novellen und Erzählungen, daneben verfasste er unter dem Pseudonym Linke Poot satirische Essays und Polemiken.
Biography. Alfred Döblin was born in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) in 1878. His father was a tailor, who ran away to America with a much younger employee but was stranded in Hamburg when the escapade failed. Döblin’s mother moved the family of five children to Berlin, where she had relatives.
Bruno Alfred Döblin (August 10, 1878 – June 26, 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
Berlin Alexanderplatz (German: [bɛʁˈliːn ʔalɛkˈsandɐˌplats]) is a 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin. It is considered one of the most important and innovative works of the Weimar Republic. In a 2002 poll of 100 noted writers, the book was named among the top 100 books of all time.
Oct 8, 2018 · Döblin, in danger due to being both Jewish and a socialist, fled Germany for the US via France just a few days after Hitler rose to power. He was one of the first authors-in-exile to return to ...
Dec 21, 2021 · Alfred Döblin’s Surreal Foray Into Climate Fiction. The 20th-century German writer’s novel Mountains Oceans Giants is a stunning and strange look into what an environmental apocalypse might...
Alfred Döblin (äl´frĕt döblĬn´), 1878–1957, German novelist and physician. His experiences as a psychiatrist in the workers' district of Berlin served as the basis for his experimental novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929, tr. 1931), in which he applied the techniques of James Joyce 's Ulysses to his story of the life of a Berlin worker.
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DÖ BLIN, ALFRED (1878–1957) BIBLIOGRAPHY. German physician and writer. Alfred Döblin ranks with Thomas Mann (1875–1955) and Franz Kafka (1883–1924) among the three most significant German prose writers of the twentieth century.
