Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Isaac Bashevis Singer across 3 places, from 1903 to 1944.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1903year
Leoncinattested“Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1903 to a Jewish family in Leoncin village near Warsaw, Poland.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1903year
Warsawattested“Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1903 to a Jewish family in Leoncin village near Warsaw, Poland.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
February 1944month
New Yorkattested“In one interview with the photographer Richard Kaplan, he said, "I am angry at God because of what happened to my brothers": Singer's older brother died suddenly in February 1944, in New York, of a thrombosis; his younger brother perishe…”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
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1908year
Warsawmentioned“After the Yeshiva building burned down in 1908, the family moved to Warsaw, a flat at Krochmalna Street 10.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1921year
Warsawmentioned“When his father became a village rabbi again in 1921, Singer returned to Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1923year
Warsawmentioned“In 1923, his older brother Israel Joshua arranged for him to move to Warsaw to work as a proofreader for the Jewish magazine Literarishe Bleter, of which the brother was an editor.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1929year
Moscowmentioned“The move separated the author from his common-law first wife Runia Pontsch and son Israel Zamir (1929–2014); they immigrated to Moscow and then Palestine.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1935year
United Statesmentioned“In 1935, four years before the Nazi invasion, Singer emigrated from Poland to the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1935year
Polandmentioned“In 1935, four years before the Nazi invasion, Singer emigrated from Poland to the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1938year
Munichmentioned“In 1938, he met Alma Wassermann (née Haimann) (1907–1996), a German-Jewish refugee from Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1955year
Israelmentioned“However, through his journalistic assignments in late 1955, Singer made his first trip to Israel, accompanied by his wife Alma.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1967year
British Mandate Palestinementioned“In his story The Certificate (1967), which has autobiographical character, he fictionalizes this question from a time in the mid-1920s when he was himself considering moving to the British Mandate Palestine.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1967year
Warsawmentioned“Nonny Hogrogian (1967) – Newbery Honor Book * When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories, illus.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1970year
Vistulamentioned“Antonio Frasconi (1970) * Joseph and Koza: or the Sacrifice to the Vistula, illus.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1974year
Americamentioned“(When he arrived in the US, he only knew three words of English: "Take a chair".) After a promising start, he became despondent and for some years felt Lost in America (title of his 1974 memoir published in Yiddish; published in English…”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1981year
University at Albanymentioned“In 1981, Singer delivered a commencement address at the University at Albany and was presented with an honorary doctorate.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
1984year
Saudi Arabiamentioned“In 1984, he signed a letter protesting German arms sales to Saudi Arabia.”source: Wikipedia: Isaac Bashevis Singer
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