Yolla and Alfred 1
For almost four decades, the intense liaison between Döblin and his younger lover, muse and soulmate Yolla Niclas was…
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Anniversary of Doblin’s death
The tiny Vosges village of Housseras boasts a poignant claim to fame: buried there are three members of the Döblin…
Read Full PostDoeblin in Exile (1)
During his 12 years in exile, unable to practice medicine, bereft of income from his writings, and in 1940 again…
Read Full PostDOBLIN RECALLS HIS SCHOOLDAYS
In this third excerpt from his 1928 foray into autobiography (‘A First Look Back’), Döblin provides both factual and emotionally-charged…
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This second excerpt from Döblin’s 1928 autobiographical reflections ‘A First Look Back’ provides an intimate and touching picture of his…
Read Full PostDöblin settles accounts with his father
The family catastrophe that broke over the Döblin family when Alfred was ten years old remained an unhealed trauma for…
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Born 140 years ago today into a Germany newly unified under militaristic Prussia, Alfred Döblin lived through eight turbulent decades.…
Read Full PostDoctor Döblin and the writer Döblin
“I’m also a doctor, and not as a sideline,” declared Döblin. His medical thesis on Amnestic Disorders in Korsakoff Psychosis…
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