Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Nina Berberova across 8 places, from 1901 to 1991.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Nina Nikolayevna Berberova (26 July 1901 – 26 September 1993) was a Russian writer who chronicled the lives of anti-communist Russian refugees in Paris in her short stories and novels.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Nina Berberova was documented, and when
1901year
Saint Petersburgattested“Born in 1901 to an Armenian father and a Russian mother, Nina Berberova was brought up in Saint Petersburg.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1950 to 1959period
Parisattested“After living in Paris for 25 years, Berberova emigrated to the United States in 1950 and became an American citizen in 1959.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1950 to 1959period
United Statesattested“After living in Paris for 25 years, Berberova emigrated to the United States in 1950 and became an American citizen in 1959.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1958year
Yale Universityattested“She began her academic career in 1958 when she was hired to teach Russian at Yale.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1969year
United Statesattested“Berberova's autobiography, which details her early life and her years in France, ending with her move to the United States and her first few years there, was written in Russian but published first in English as The Italics are Mine (Harc…”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1969year
Franceattested“Berberova's autobiography, which details her early life and her years in France, ending with her move to the United States and her first few years there, was written in Russian but published first in English as The Italics are Mine (Harc…”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1991year
Princeton Universityattested“Berberova moved from Princeton, New Jersey, to Philadelphia in 1991.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1991year
Princeton, New Jerseyattested“Berberova moved from Princeton, New Jersey, to Philadelphia in 1991.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1991year
Philadelphiaattested“Berberova moved from Princeton, New Jersey, to Philadelphia in 1991.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
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1922 to 1939period
Weimar Republicmentioned“She emigrated from Soviet Russia to the Weimar Republic in 1922 with the poet Vladislav Khodasevich (who died in 1939).”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1922 to 1939period
Sovietmentioned“She emigrated from Soviet Russia to the Weimar Republic in 1922 with the poet Vladislav Khodasevich (who died in 1939).”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1924year
Parismentioned“The couple lived in Berlin until 1924 and then settled in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1924year
Berlinmentioned“The couple lived in Berlin until 1924 and then settled in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
1963 to 1971period
Yale Universitymentioned“She left Yale in 1963 for Princeton, where she taught until her retirement in 1971.”source: Wikipedia: Nina Berberova
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