LOUIS ADAMIČ, Slovene-American author and translator, mostly known for writing about ethnic diversity of America.
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Birth
He was born in Praproče in what is now Slovenia (in that time it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) -
USA
At the age of 15, he emigrated to the United States. -
American citizenship
He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1918 as Louis Adamic. He worked as a manual laborer and later at a Yugoslavian daily newspaper that was published in New York. As an American soldier he participated in combat on the Western front during the First World War. After the war he worked as a journalist and professional writer -
Death
He died in Milford, US.