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Eyvind Johnson

1900 to 1976 6 documented presences 6 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Eyvind Johnson across 6 places, from 1900 to 1960. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Eyvind Johnson (29 July 1900 – 25 August 1976) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Eyvind Johnson was documented, and when

1900 to 1938period
Saint-Leu-la-Foretattested “He travelled in Germany in the 1920s and lived in Saint-Leu-la-Foret, near Paris, France, between 1927 and 1930 with his wife Aase Christoffersen (1900–1938).” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson
1900 to 1938period
Parisattested “He travelled in Germany in the 1920s and lived in Saint-Leu-la-Foret, near Paris, France, between 1927 and 1930 with his wife Aase Christoffersen (1900–1938).” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson
1900 to 1938period
Germanyattested “He travelled in Germany in the 1920s and lived in Saint-Leu-la-Foret, near Paris, France, between 1927 and 1930 with his wife Aase Christoffersen (1900–1938).” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson
29 July 1900exact date
Norrbotten Countyattested “Johnson was born Olof Edvin Verner Jonsson 29 July 1900 in a village near the town of Boden in Norrbotten.” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson
1947 to 1949period
Switzerlandattested “He lived with his family in Switzerland 1947–1949 and then a year in England.” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson
1960year
Ithacaattested “Johnson's most noted works internationally include Return to Ithaca and The Days of His Grace (Hans nådes tid, 1960) which have been translated to many languages.” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson

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Places Eyvind Johnson is documented in

Germany1 presence · 1900Paris1 presence · 1900Switzerland1 presence · 1947
Ithaca1 presence · 1960
Norrbotten County1 presence · 1900
Saint-Leu-la-Foret1 presence · 1900

Other places tied to Eyvind Johnson in the record

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1919year
Stockholmmentioned “In 1919 he left his hometown and moved to Stockholm where he began to publish articles in anarchist magazines like Brand.” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson
1946year
Ithacamentioned “In 1946 he published one of his most famous novels, Return to Ithaca (Strändernas svall), based on the story of Odysseus as he returns to Ithaca after the Trojan war.” source: Wikipedia: Eyvind Johnson

Documented at the same place, the same year

Peter Carl FabergéParis · 1900Christian RakovskyParis · 1900Julien GreenParis · 1900Edvard MunchBerlin · 1900Rudolf HessBerlin · 1900Martin BormannBerlin · 1900Arthur RubinsteinBerlin · 1900Max von LaueBerlin · 1900Peter BehrensBerlin · 1900Maria of YugoslaviaBerlin · 1900Lovis CorinthBerlin · 1900

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