Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Czesław Miłosz across 9 places, from 1917 to 2000.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Czesław Miłosz (30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Czesław Miłosz is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Czesław Miłosz was documented, and when
1917year
Russiaattested“Afterward, they once again joined Miłosz's father, following him as the front moved further into Russia, where, in 1917, Miłosz's brother, Andrzej, was born.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1919 to 1920period
Lithuaniaattested“But the Polish–Soviet War broke out in 1919, during which Miłosz's father was involved in a failed attempt to incorporate the newly independent Lithuania into the Second Polish Republic, resulting in his expulsion from Lithuania and the…”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1919 to 1920period
Second Polish Republicattested“But the Polish–Soviet War broke out in 1919, during which Miłosz's father was involved in a failed attempt to incorporate the newly independent Lithuania into the Second Polish Republic, resulting in his expulsion from Lithuania and the…”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1937year
Warsawattested“In summer 1937, Miłosz moved to Warsaw, where he found work at Polish Radio and met his future wife, (née Dłuska; 1909–1986), who was at the time married to another man.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1947year
Washington, D.C.attested“In 1947, Miłosz's son, Anthony, was born in Washington, D.C.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1948year
Columbia Universityattested“In 1948, Miłosz arranged for the Polish government to fund a Department of Polish Studies at Columbia University.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1951year
Polish People's Republicattested“He was also able to visit Poland for the first time since fleeing in 1951 and was greeted by crowds with a hero's welcome.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1981year
Harvard Universityattested“In 1981, Miłosz was appointed the Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University, where he was invited to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
In each of these, a source puts Czesław Miłosz and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Czesław Miłosz was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1915year
Vilniusmentioned“Miłosz and his mother were sheltered in Vilnius when the German army captured it in 1915.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1918year
Šeteniaimentioned“Finally, after moving through Estonia and Latvia, the family returned to Šeteniai in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1918year
Estoniamentioned“Finally, after moving through Estonia and Latvia, the family returned to Šeteniai in 1918.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1921year
Wilnomentioned“The family returned to Wilno after the war ended in 1921.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1929year
Wilnomentioned“After graduation from Sigismund Augustus Gymnasium in Wilno, he entered Stefan Batory University in 1929 as a law student.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1929year
Vilnius Universitymentioned“After graduation from Sigismund Augustus Gymnasium in Wilno, he entered Stefan Batory University in 1929 as a law student.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1931year
Parismentioned“In 1931, he visited Paris, where he first met his distant cousin, Oscar Milosz, a French-language poet of Lithuanian descent who had become a Swedenborgian.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1936year
Wilnomentioned“By 1936, he had returned to Wilno, where he worked on literary programs at Polish Radio Wilno.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1936year
Polish Radio Wilnomentioned“By 1936, he had returned to Wilno, where he worked on literary programs at Polish Radio Wilno.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1939year
Lvivmentioned“The pseudonym was "Jan Syruć" and the title page said the volume had been published by a fictional press in Lwów in 1939; in fact, it may have been the first clandestine book published in occupied Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1939 to 1991period
Soviet Unionmentioned“When Lithuania broke free from the Soviet Union in 1991, Miłosz visited for the first time since 1939.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
September 1939month
Warsawmentioned“Miłosz was in Warsaw when it was bombarded as part of the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1943year
Vilniusmentioned“His brother, Andrzej, was also active in helping Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland; in 1943, Andrzej transported the Polish Jew Seweryn Tross and his wife from Vilnius to Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
1943year
Warsawmentioned“His brother, Andrzej, was also active in helping Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland; in 1943, Andrzej transported the Polish Jew Seweryn Tross and his wife from Vilnius to Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Czesław Miłosz
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