biography
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Adamic, (Alojzij) Louis
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pronunciation:
[adamich]
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| male
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| lived:
| (?1899–1951)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Blato, S Croatia (formerly, Yugoslavia). He emigrated to the USA (1913), became a citizen (1918), and served in the US Army in World War 1. He lived in Milford, NJ, and began writing short stories in the early 1920s. He wrote many articles, stories, and books based on his experiences in America and his former life in Yugoslavia, the best known being The Native's Return: An American Immigrant Visits Yugoslavia and Discovers His Old Country (1934). Other works include Laughing in the Jungle (1932), Dinner at the White House (1946), and The Eagle and the Root (1950). Although he supported Tito, he was opposed to Soviet Communism, and when he was found dead of a gunshot wound there was inconclusive speculation as to whether he had committed suicide or been murdered by Soviet agents. |
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