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Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium (or the Alfred Döblin Scholarship, in English) is a literary prize of
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that has been awarded to Berlin writers since 1985. It was named after the writer
Alfred Döblin Bruno Alfred Döblin (; 10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of ...
. The recipient of the scholarship is selected by a jury of three, composed of one representative each from the Akademie der Künste,
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, and the Berlin Senate Department for Science, Research and Culture. Recipients receive a residency for three to twelve months and get paid 1,100 Euros per month during that time. They are required to stay at the Alfred Döblin House in
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. The purpose of the scholarship is to help emerging writers in Berlin to focus on their literary work.


Noted scholars

* Martin Ahrends *
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* Eva Brunner * Jonas-Philipp Dallmann * Judith Hermann * Massum Faryar * Anja Frisch *
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* Steffen Jacobs * Martin Jankowski * Marcus Jensen *
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* Ingomar von Kieseritzky * Norbert Kron *
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* Sebastian Orlac * Markus Seidel * Rajvinder Singh * Anja Tuckermann * David Wagner *
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* Thomas Weiss *
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* Thorsten Becker *
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References

German literary awards Awards established in 1985 1985 establishments in Germany {{Germany-lit-award-stub