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

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. 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 * María Cecilia Barbetta * Eva Brunner * Jonas-Philipp Dallmann *

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* Massum Faryar * Anja Frisch *

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* Steffen Jacobs * Martin Jankowski *

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* Norbert Kron * André Kubiczek * Sebastian Orlac * Markus Seidel * Rajvinder Singh * Anja Tuckermann * David Wagner * Michael Wildenhain * Peter Wawerzinek * Thomas Weiss *

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* Manja Präkels * Karsten Krampitz

References

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