Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Bohumil Hrabal across 5 places, from 1914 to 1997.
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Bohumil Hrabal (28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Bohumil Hrabal was documented, and when
28 March 1914exact date
Žideniceattested“Hrabal was born in Židenice (suburb of Brno) on 28 March 1914, in what was then the province of Moravia within Austria-Hungary, to an unmarried mother, Marie Božena Kiliánová (1894–1970).”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
28 March 1914exact date
Austria-Hungaryattested“Hrabal was born in Židenice (suburb of Brno) on 28 March 1914, in what was then the province of Moravia within Austria-Hungary, to an unmarried mother, Marie Božena Kiliánová (1894–1970).”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
August 1919month
Nymburkattested“The family moved in August 1919 to Nymburk, a town on the banks of the Elbe River, where František Hrabal became the manager of a brewery.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
September 1925month
Brnoattested“In September 1925, he spent one year at a grammar school in Brno (now Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše, later attended by Milan Kundera).”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
February 1997month
Pragueattested“Hrabal died in February 1997 after falling from a window on the fifth floor of Bulovka Hospital in Prague.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
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1920year
Nymburkmentioned“In 1920, Hrabal started primary school in Nymburk.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
1950year
Brnomentioned“1950) and Tomáš Kilián (died 1925), a descendant of a French soldier injured at the Battle of Austerlitz, in Brno, while his mother worked in Polná as an assistant book-keeper in the town's brewery.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
1950year
Battle of Austerlitzmentioned“1950) and Tomáš Kilián (died 1925), a descendant of a French soldier injured at the Battle of Austerlitz, in Brno, while his mother worked in Polná as an assistant book-keeper in the town's brewery.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
1950year
Polnámentioned“1950) and Tomáš Kilián (died 1925), a descendant of a French soldier injured at the Battle of Austerlitz, in Brno, while his mother worked in Polná as an assistant book-keeper in the town's brewery.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
1954 to 1959period
Praguementioned“After a serious injury, he worked in a recycling mill in the Prague district of Libeň as a paper packer (1954–59), before working as a stagehand (1959–62) at the S.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
1965year
Nymburkmentioned“In 1965, the couple bought a country cottage in , near Nymburk; the cottage became home to his numerous cats.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
1988year
Praguementioned“in Prague - Libeň; the house was demolished in 1988.”source: Wikipedia: Bohumil Hrabal
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