Writers of World War II

The atlas holds 36 people and 191 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Gabriel García Márquez, James Joyce and Jimmy Carter.

Notable people

  1. Gabriel García Márquez

    from 1940 to 1943

    2 moments here

    Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…

  2. James Joyce

    from 1940 to 1941

    2 moments here

    Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…

  3. Jimmy Carter

    from 1941 to 1942

    2 moments here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

  4. Agatha Christie

    in 1941

    2 moments here

    English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…

  5. Albert Einstein

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

  6. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

  7. Sigmund Freud

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…

  8. Salvador Dalí

    in 1940

    1 moment here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…

  9. Henry Ford

    in 1944

    1 moment here

    American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…

  10. Stephen Hawking

    in 1942

    1 moment here

    English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

  11. Jorge Luis Borges

    in 1945

    1 moment here

    Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

  12. Helen Keller

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

Moments

  1. 1940 Arrives in wartime America Salvador Dalí
  2. 1940 Brazzaville Manifesto Charles de Gaulle
  3. 1940 Arrest after Gorakhpur speeches Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. 1940 Established the Order of Liberation Charles de Gaulle
  5. 1940 Marriage to Martha Gellhorn Ernest Hemingway
  6. 1940 Marriage and teaching in Oran Albert Camus
  7. 1941 Moved into Isokon Flats Agatha Christie
  8. 1941 Worked in University College Hospital pharmacy Agatha Christie
  9. 1941 U-boat patrols from Cuba Ernest Hemingway
  10. 1941 Transfer to Petrópolis as consul Gabriela Mistral
  11. 1941 Return to England Indira Gandhi
  12. 1941 Return to India from Britain Indira Gandhi
  13. 1941 Death after ulcer surgery James Joyce
  14. 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
  15. 1941 Georgia Southwestern engineering coursework Jimmy Carter
  16. 1941 Move to Vichy Le Corbusier
  17. 1941 Lives in Alexandra Nelson Mandela
  18. 1941 Lives on Cordell Drive Ronald Reagan
  19. 1941 Visit to Buenos Aires Walt Disney
  20. 1941 Flat at Langford Court George Orwell
  21. 1941 Arrives in Johannesburg Nelson Mandela
  22. 1941 Moves to Boulevard home Martin Luther King Jr.
  23. 1941 Third Army chief of staff Dwight D. Eisenhower
  24. 1941 Return to Finca Vigía from China trip Ernest Hemingway
  25. 1941 Resistance-support journey to the French Riviera Jean-Paul Sartre
  26. 1941 Dies at Jorasanko mansion Rabindranath Tagore
  27. 1941 Arrival for South American goodwill tour Walt Disney
  28. 1941 Goodwill-tour stop in Belem Walt Disney
  29. 1941 Stay at Copacabana Palace Walt Disney
  30. 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
  31. 1941 Joined Naval Intelligence in Washington John F. Kennedy
  32. 1941 War Plans Division service Dwight D. Eisenhower
  33. 1942 Residence in Hampstead Charles de Gaulle
  34. 1942 Belén school transfer Fidel Castro
  35. 1942 Flat at Mortimer Crescent George Orwell
  36. 1942 Transfer to Georgia Tech Jimmy Carter
  37. 1942 Assigned to Charleston John F. Kennedy
  38. 1942 Confined at Aga Khan Palace Mahatma Gandhi
  39. 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
  40. 1942 Birth in Oxford Stephen Hawking
  41. 1942 Marriage to Feroze Gandhi Indira Gandhi
  42. 1942 Stationed at Fort Mason Ronald Reagan
  43. 1942 Mission to London Dwight D. Eisenhower
  44. 1942 Commanding General of ETOUSA Dwight D. Eisenhower
  45. 1942 Trained at Northwestern John F. Kennedy
  46. 1942 Final departure from Vichy Le Corbusier
  47. 1942 Writing from Le Panelier Albert Camus
  48. 1942 Imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort Jawaharlal Nehru
  49. 1942 Quit India resolution meeting Jawaharlal Nehru
  50. 1942 Delivers Quit India speech Mahatma Gandhi

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