Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Stanisław Lem across 6 places, from 1921 to 1982.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Stanisław Herman Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Stanisław Lem is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Stanisław Lem was documented, and when
1921year
Lwówattested“Lem was born in 1921 in Lwów, interwar Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine).”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1945year
Krakówattested“In 1945, Lwów was annexed into the Soviet Ukraine, and the family, along with many other Polish citizens, was resettled to Kraków, where Lem, at his father's insistence, took up medical studies at the Jagiellonian University.”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1945year
Soviet Ukraineattested“In 1945, Lwów was annexed into the Soviet Ukraine, and the family, along with many other Polish citizens, was resettled to Kraków, where Lem, at his father's insistence, took up medical studies at the Jagiellonian University.”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1945year
Sovietattested“In 1945, Lwów was annexed into the Soviet Ukraine, and the family, along with many other Polish citizens, was resettled to Kraków, where Lem, at his father's insistence, took up medical studies at the Jagiellonian University.”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1982year
West Berlinattested“In 1982, with martial law in Poland declared, Lem moved to West Berlin, where he became a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin).”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1982year
Polandattested“In 1982, with martial law in Poland declared, Lem moved to West Berlin, where he became a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin).”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
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1939 to 1940period
Lwówmentioned“After the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland's former eastern territory (now part of Ukraine and Belarus), he was not allowed to study at Lwów Polytechnic as he wished because of his "bourgeois origin"; it was due to his father's connections…”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1939 to 1940period
Lviv Polytechnicmentioned“After the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland's former eastern territory (now part of Ukraine and Belarus), he was not allowed to study at Lwów Polytechnic as he wished because of his "bourgeois origin"; it was due to his father's connections…”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1939 to 1940period
University of Lvivmentioned“After the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland's former eastern territory (now part of Ukraine and Belarus), he was not allowed to study at Lwów Polytechnic as he wished because of his "bourgeois origin"; it was due to his father's connections…”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
1956year
Soviet Unionmentioned“Lem became truly productive after 1956, when the de-Stalinization period in the Soviet Union led to the "Polish October", when Poland experienced an increase in freedom of speech.”source: Wikipedia: Stanisław Lem
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