Alfred Döblin

Alfred Döblin

Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) descended from a Jewish family, studied medicine in Freiburg and Berlin, specializing in psychiatry. For some time he worked as a doctor in working-class neighborhoods and was a militant socialist. He later joined the expressionism and participated in the literary magazine Der Sturm, in which he published his first poems. In 1933 he emigrated to France and later to the United States. Twelve years later he returned to Germany. Among his works are Berlin Alexanderplatz (1930), will be no forgiveness (1935), The Earth without death (1936), Blue Tiger (1936) and the novel in November 1918.