Mainz Academy

The Mainz Academy was co-founded by Alfred Döblin in 1949, placing its founding within his brief postwar period in Germany after years of exile.

Founding

Döblin jointly founded the Mainz Academy in 1949. The available account identifies his role and the year, but provides no further details about the Academy’s structure or founding aims.

Place in Döblin’s Postwar Career

After emigrating first to France and then to America, Döblin returned to Germany after the war as a French officer. He edited the literary publication Das goldene Tor from 1946 to 1951, and the Academy’s founding in 1949 fell within that same period of postwar literary activity. Döblin later felt forgotten and isolated in Germany and returned to Paris in 1951.