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This timeline places the life and work of Ukrainian novelist Irène Némirovsky (11 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) in their biographical, literary, and historical contexts.
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1903 |
- 11 February - Némirovsky is born in Kiev, Ukraine to a wealthy Jewish banking family[1]
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1924 |
- Némirovsky meets Michel Epstein, a banker[7]
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1926 |
- Némirovsky marries Epstein[7]
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1927 |
- Némirovsky publishes her first novella L'Enfant génial[3]
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1936 |
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1937 |
- 20 March - Némirovsky gives birth to her second daughter Elisabeth[7]
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1938 |
- Némirovsky works on novel later published as Chaleur du sang in 2007.[9]
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1940 |
- June - Némirovsky and her family move to the village of Issy-l'Evêque after the Germans begin to occupy Paris[11]
- September - Némirovsky writes to Pétain in a bid to distance herself from other émigrés, which she lables "undesirable troublemakers"[10]
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1942 |
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- 17 July - Germany attacks the Soviet city of Stalingrad. The Germany Army surrendered the following year, turning the tide of the war in the Allies favor[18]
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- ^ a b Anissimov, Myriam. "Preface to the French Edition" in Suite française by Irène Némirovsky. Translated by Sandra Smith. Toronto: Vintage Canada (2007), ISBN 9780676977714, 422.
- ^ Anissimov, 423.
- ^ a b c Anissimov, 424.
- ^ "Russia: The October (November) Revolution". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ "Library/Archives: History (1919-1946)". United Nations. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ Schoenherr, Steven. "The Versailles Treaty: June 28, 1919". University of San Diego. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ a b c d Anissimov, 425.
- ^ Callil, Carmen. "May God help us all". The Guardian. February 3, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ Philipponnat, Olivier and Patrick Leinhardt. "Preface to the French Edition" in Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky. Translated by Sandra Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knoff (2007), ISBN 9780676979800, 137.
- ^ a b c Eisler, Benita. "L'Affaire Némirovsky". The New York Sun. June 27, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
- ^ Anissimov, 426.
- ^ Sheffield, Gary. "The Fall of France". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ Anissimov, 427.
- ^ "The Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941". Naval Historical Center. January 31, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ "Congressional Declaration of War on Japan". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
- ^ a b Anissimov, 428.
- ^ a b Jeffries, Stuart. "Truth, lies and anti-semitism". The Guardian. February 22, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
- ^ "Battle of Stalingrad". Encarta. Retrieved June 12, 2008.