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Adin Dobkin, born 1993, is an American writer and journalist. His work has appeared in The Paris Review , The Atlantic , The New York Times Magazine , Los Angeles Review of Books, as well as others. He is the author of Spring Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France , and is currently at work on his second book which explores the massacre of Mexican Americans by the Texas Rangers in the early 20th century (Little A publishing). In addition to his writing, Adin occasionally co-hosts War Stories , a podcast that focuses on stories at the heart of conflict. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Early Life

Dobkin was born in Santa Barbara, California, the first son of Jeffrey Dobkin and Julie Thompson-Dobkin, both of whom are medical doctors. He grew up in Newport Beach, California, and attended Newport Harbor High School, graduating in 2012. He received a BS in Economics from American University in 2012, and then settled in Washington, D.C. for several years where he began writing for a variety of news outlets. He was subsequently elected President of the Military Writer's Guild , an international network of service members, veterans, and civilian analysts, dedicated towards the field of arms and the written word. He went on to receive his Master of Fine Arts in creative non-fiction from Columbia University in New York, graduating in 2020.

Writing Career

Much of Dobkin's early work has sought to understand conflict against the backdrop of societal changes of the times. His first book, Spring Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France , was published in 2021. This book focused on the 1919 Tour de France, which began within days of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Set against the backdrop of destruction in the aftermath of World War I, Dobkin details the unique challenges of this particular Tour, as France was emerging from a horribly destructive conflict. William Fotheringham in The Wall Street Journal described the book as "an epic tale, a timely reminder of the Tour's umbilical connection with the communities through which it passes " . Publishers Weekly stated this is "a novelistic blow-by-blow account of the first Tour de France run after WWI, shining light on the wartime experiences of its racers, organizers, and observers" . The Christian Science Monitor named it one of the Top Sport Books of Summer in 2021 . The book was named among six Coups de Coeur prior to the American Library in Paris Book Award in 2022 .

Dobkin is currently at work on his second book which details the story of José Tomás Canales and his attempts to investigate the conduct of the Texas Ranger Division following a massacre of Mexican Americans in 1919 (Little A ).

External Links

• https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/sprinting-through-no-mans-land-endurance-tragedy-and-rebirth-in-the-1919-tour-de-france

• https://booktrib.com/2021/07/06/race-over-pillaged-ground-in-adin-dobkins-depiction-of-the-tour-de-france-after-the-great-war/
• https://www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2021/07/new-review-from-matthew-komatsu-adin-dobkins-sprinting-through-no-mans-land/
• https://www.columbiajournal.org/articles/writing-and-riding-an-interview-with-adin-dobkin-shalvi-j-shah
• https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2017/5/8/reviewing-and-interviewing-war-stories
• https://militarywritersguild.org/
• https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/never-ending-book-war/
• https://maudlinhouse.net/reckoning-with-all-the-devastation-that-remains-an-interview-with-adin-dobkin/
• https://heated.medium.com/my-grandfather-journaled-during-his-time-in-a-german-pow-camp-54edeaba4f4e