Madrid in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 10 people and 12 moments here, from 1920 to 1937. The most recorded lives are Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Neruda and Albert Einstein.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1923
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1937
2 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Errol Flynn
in 1937
1 moment here
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1924
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Howard Florey
in 1929
1 moment here
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1920
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1930
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Octavio Paz
in 1937
1 moment here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Pablo Neruda
from 1927 to 1934
2 moments here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Salvador Dalí
in 1922
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Moments
- 1920 Arrival in Madrid Jorge Luis Borges
- 1922 Arrives to study in Madrid Salvador Dalí
- 1923 Begins Madrid stay Albert Einstein
- 1924 First European journey: Madrid Gabriela Mistral
- 1927 Transit through Madrid Pablo Neruda
- 1929 Research visit to Spain Howard Florey
- 1930 Spanish Republican-era visit Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1934 Arrival in Madrid Pablo Neruda
- 1937 Writing in bombarded Madrid Ernest Hemingway
- 1937 Spanish Civil War correspondence Errol Flynn
- 1937 Arrival in Spain as war correspondent Ernest Hemingway
- 1937 Second International Writers' Congress in Madrid Octavio Paz