Wang Lun
At the end of August, 1916, Döblin was awarded the Fontane Prize (including a monetary award of 600 Marks) for "The Three Leaps of Wang Lun" ("Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun"). Following this recognition, Döblin set himself to work on his historical novel "Wallenstein", set during the Thirty Years' War. Döblin had to interrupt work on the novel in March 1917 because he had caught typhus, but was able to use the university library at Heidelberg during his convalescence in April and May to continue researching the Thirty Years' War. Back in Saargemünd he came into conflict with his superiors due to the poor treatment of the patients; on 2 August 1917 he was transferred to Hagenau (Haguenau) in Alsace, where the library of nearby Strassbourg helped complete "Wallenstein" by the beginning of 1919.