Writers of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 45 people and 616 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin.

Notable people

  1. J. R. R. Tolkien

    from 1918 to 1939

    8 moments here

    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…

  2. Le Corbusier

    from 1922 to 1936

    7 moments here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

    from 1918 to 1932

    22 moments here

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

  4. Mao Zedong

    from 1919 to 1937

    23 moments here

    Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

  5. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1929

    1 moment here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  6. Mother Teresa

    from 1928 to 1937

    5 moments here

    Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…

  7. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    from 1918 to 1938

    75 moments here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  8. Nadine Gordimer

    in 1923

    1 moment here

    South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…

  9. Nelson Mandela

    from 1918 to 1939

    7 moments here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  10. Pablo Picasso

    from 1918 to 1939

    15 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  11. Pope Francis

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…

  12. Pope John Paul II

    from 1920 to 1938

    2 moments here

    Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

  13. Rabindranath Tagore

    from 1920 to 1939

    31 moments here

    Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

  14. Ronald Reagan

    from 1919 to 1937

    10 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  15. Rudyard Kipling

    from 1923 to 1936

    2 moments here

    English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…

  16. Salvador Dalí

    from 1922 to 1938

    9 moments here

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

  17. Sarah Bernhardt

    from 1918 to 1923

    2 moments here

    French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…

  18. Sigmund Freud

    from 1918 to 1939

    10 moments here

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

  19. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1919

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  20. Thomas Edison

    from 1918 to 1931

    7 moments here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  21. Walt Disney

    from 1918 to 1939

    11 moments here

    Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…

Moments

  1. 1919 Return to Beijing Mao Zedong
  2. 1919 Establishes the nationalist center in Ankara Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  3. 1920 French Military Mission to Poland Charles de Gaulle
  4. 1920 Meeting Ezra Pound at Sirmione James Joyce
  5. 1920 Moved to Naples Road John F. Kennedy
  6. 1920 Reader at the University of Leeds J. R. R. Tolkien
  7. 1920 Travel through Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu Mao Zedong
  8. 1920 Work and political contacts in Shanghai Mao Zedong
  9. 1920 First stay at Juan-les-Pins Pablo Picasso
  10. 1920 Takes a cure in Merano Franz Kafka
  11. 1920 Opens the Grand National Assembly Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  12. 1920 Night at Sabarmati Ashram Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 1920 Second Fascist congress Benito Mussolini
  14. 1920 Birth in Wadowice Pope John Paul II
  15. 1920 Lectures at Oxford University Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 1920 Spends several days with Milena in Vienna Franz Kafka
  17. 1920 Arrival and residence in Paris James Joyce
  18. 1920 Departure from Trieste for Paris James Joyce
  19. 1920 Visits Rammohun Roy's grave Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 1920 Meets Milena at Gmünd Franz Kafka
  21. 1920 Guest of Albert Kahn near Paris Rabindranath Tagore
  22. 1920 Chicago editorial work Ernest Hemingway
  23. 1920 Attends The Hague congress Sigmund Freud
  24. 1920 Begins treatment in the High Tatras Franz Kafka
  25. 1920 Meets the Istanbul delegation at Bilecik Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  26. 1920 Settles in Dixon Ronald Reagan
  27. 1921 Lectures at King's College London Albert Einstein
  28. 1921 Visits the White House Albert Einstein
  29. 1921 Appears amid a London crowd Charlie Chaplin
  30. 1921 Attends Garrick Club dinner Charlie Chaplin
  31. 1921 Visits Berlin on European tour Charlie Chaplin
  32. 1921 Visits Paris during European homecoming Charlie Chaplin
  33. 1921 Visits Sing Sing Prison Charlie Chaplin
  34. 1921 Move to Paris Ernest Hemingway
  35. 1921 Residence on rue du Cardinal Lemoine Ernest Hemingway
  36. 1921 Vagabonds camping trip at Hagerstown Henry Ford
  37. 1921 Holds first Odisha meeting at Kathajodi Mahatma Gandhi
  38. 1921 Arrives in New York Albert Einstein
  39. 1921 Gives first American lecture at Columbia Albert Einstein
  40. 1921 Marriage in Calais Charles de Gaulle
  41. 1921 Writes from Matliary Franz Kafka
  42. 1921 Lectures at Princeton Albert Einstein
  43. 1921 Addresses the Swedish Academy Rabindranath Tagore
  44. 1921 Laugh-O-Gram Studio work Walt Disney
  45. 1921 Lectures in Manchester Albert Einstein
  46. 1921 First CCP Congress Mao Zedong
  47. 1921 First CCP Congress relocation Mao Zedong
  48. 1921 Visits Western Front headquarters at Karacahisar Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  49. 1921 Family summer at Fontainebleau Pablo Picasso
  50. 1921 CCP secretary in Changsha Mao Zedong

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