Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Edith Södergran across 3 places, from 1917 to 1923.
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Edith Irene Södergran (4 April 1892 – 24 June 1923) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Edith Södergran was documented, and when
1917year
Switzerlandattested“When he died in 1917, Edith wrote two poems, Trädet i skogen ("The Tree in the Forest") and Fragment av en stämning ("Fragment of a Mood"), which expresses her sorrow and conflicted memories of her time in Switzerland.”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
August 1922month
Finlandattested“From the summer of 1920 on, she abandoned her poetry until August 1922; during the autumn and winter she wrote her final poems, stimulated by the review Ultra; the short-lived review, started by Elmer Diktonius, Hagar Olsson and other yo…”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
1923year
Raivolaattested“Edith died on Midsummer Day 1923 at her home in Raivola, and was buried at the village church.”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
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May 1906month
Uusimaa (historical province)mentioned“In 1904, her father was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and in May 1906 he was admitted to Nummela sanatorium in Uusimaa.”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
October 1911month
Switzerlandmentioned“At the beginning of October 1911, roughly three years after the start of her illness, Edith and her mother travelled to Arosa in Switzerland, but even there she did not get on especially well.”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
October 1911month
Arosamentioned“At the beginning of October 1911, roughly three years after the start of her illness, Edith and her mother travelled to Arosa in Switzerland, but even there she did not get on especially well.”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
1912 to 1914period
Davosmentioned“She improved her German during her stay in Davos, Switzerland as a patient during 1912-1913 and from 1913 to 1914 for the second time.”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
1918year
Helsinkimentioned“She tried to discuss her poetry in a notorious letter to the editor in the Helsinki newspaper Dagens Press on New Year's Eve 1918 in order to clear up some of her intentions with the paradoxical visions in her new book.”source: Wikipedia: Edith Södergran
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