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Döblin

American  
[-bleen] / ˈdœ blin /

noun

  1. Alfred 1878–1957, German physician and novelist.


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“The main conflict, when it finally arrives, feels not so much born of contemporary urban Berlin, nor even that of Döblin or Fassbinder,” Variety writes.

From Washington Post Apr. 28, 2021

Soon, students who had learned about deconstruction and feminism in Paris, but who had no idea who Gottfried Benn, Joseph Roth and Alfred Döblin were, were no exception in the department.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2018

Döblin read and advocated Freud’s theories, and his repressed anti-hero is both horrified and seduced by the permissiveness of the city.

From Economist Mar. 8, 2018

This doesn't apply to the final episode, though, which is simply bizarre: Fassbinder wrote his own epilogue, called My Dream of the Dream of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin.

From The Guardian Aug. 6, 2010

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