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Stephen Crane
*1.11.1871 in Newark, New Jersey, USA, + 5.6.1900 in Badenweiler
Welcome to Stephen Crane in Badenweiler
When Stephen Crane arrived in the Badenweiler spa late in May, he and his wife Cora were hoping that the world-famous specialist for diseases of the respiratory system residing there, Dr. Albert Fraenkel, might be able to help them. Stephen Crane had contracted tuberculosis while living in New York in the early 1890's. Despite Dr. Fraenkel's efforts, he passed away already in the early morning hours of June 5, 1900.
The historical marker in front of the house where he died reads:
His power and authenticity of expression made him the initiator of naturalism in American literature. As a fiction writer, poet, and journalist, he used the combination of fiction and objectivity to lead a way towards American literary modernism. His daring exploits as a writer and war correspondent led to illness and a much too early demise.
Stephen Crane died here, No. 2 Bad [Bath] Street.
(Historical marker: click to enlarge)
His life and works are researched and commemorated by the Stephen Crane Society
This webpage is designed to provide information on Stephen Crane's days in Badenweiler. It also gathers and displays additional results and findings of a Hauptseminar (graduate class) on Stephen Crane, conducted at the English Department of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in the Fall/Winter term 2006/7.
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