Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Isaac Babel across 4 places, from 1915 to 1939.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel ( – 27 January 1940) was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Isaac Babel was documented, and when
1915year
Saint Petersburgattested“In 1915, Babel graduated and moved to Petrograd, in defiance of laws restricting Jews from living outside the Pale of Settlement.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
1932year
Parisattested“As a matter of fact, Babel had many secrets, lived with many ambiguities and contradictions, and left many unanswered questions behind him." In 1932, after numerous requests, he was permitted to visit his estranged wife Yevgenia in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
1934year
Moscowattested“In 1934, after Babel failed to convince his wife to return to Moscow, he and Antonina began living together.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
1939year
Soviet Unionattested“When Babel was arrested in 1939, all of these letters were confiscated and never returned to me." After his return to the Soviet Union, Babel decided to move in with Pirozhkova, beginning a common law marriage which would ultimately prod…”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
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March 1918month
Saint Petersburgmentioned“In March 1918 he worked in Petrograd as a reporter for Gorky's Menshevik newspaper, Novaya zhizn (Новая жизнь, "New Life").”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
9 August 1919exact date
Odessamentioned“Babel married Yevgenia Gronfein on 9 August 1919, in Odessa, but by 1925, the Babels' marriage was souring.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
23 October 1927exact date
Odessamentioned“According to Nathalie Babel Brown, "Sunset premiered at the Baku Worker's Theatre on October 23, 1927, and played in Odessa, Kiev, and the celebrated Moscow Art Theatre.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
23 October 1927exact date
Bakumentioned“According to Nathalie Babel Brown, "Sunset premiered at the Baku Worker's Theatre on October 23, 1927, and played in Odessa, Kiev, and the celebrated Moscow Art Theatre.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
1930year
Ukrainementioned“Babel’s opinion on either side is very ambiguous, but he does make the statement that what happened after the Bolshevik Revolution may not have been the best thing for Russia." In 1930, Babel travelled in Ukraine and witnessed the brutal…”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
27 July 1933exact date
Moscowmentioned“On 27 July 1933, Babel wrote a letter to Yuri Annenkov, stating that he had been summoned to Moscow and was leaving immediately.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
1935year
Parismentioned“According to Nathalie Babel Brown, "Babel came to Paris in the summer of 1935, as part of the delegation of Soviet writers to the International Congress of Writers for the Defense of Culture and Peace.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Babel
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