Shapiro, Nadia L. (Nadia Lavrova), 1897-1989.
Russian-American writer and journalist.
From the description of Nadia L. Shapiro papers, 1910-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379193
Biography Note
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1897 October 20:
Born, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia -
1914 May:
High school diploma, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia -
1915 -1916 :Elementary school teacher certificate, one-year pedagogical course in Blagoveschensk, Siberia, Russia -
1916 -1917 :Studied at the Moscow Women's College, Russia -
1917 -1918 :Teacher of English language, Blagoveschensk Polytechnical School, Siberia, Russia -
1918:
Fled with her family from the Bolsheviks to Harbin, Manchuria, China -
1918 -1920 :Interpreter and feature writer for the newspaper Novosti zhizni, Harbin, Manchuria, China -
1920 -1921 :Performed literary work and studied Japanese, Yokohama, Japan -
1921:
Foreign Editor, Zaria newspaper, Harbin, Manchuria, China -
1922 August:
Arrived in the United States under the sponsorship of the Harbin Y.M.C.A. -
1923 May 29:
B.A., University of California, Berkeley (after Russian diplomas were validated) -
1923 -1932 :Feature writer and Book and Art page editor for the San Francisco Examiner -
1928 February 6:
Acquired U.S. citizenship -
1932 -1942 :Free-lanced, contributing to the Christian Science Monitor and various West Coast publications, under byline "Nadia Lavrova" -
1936 -1937 :Play reader and research writer/editor for the Federal Theatre in San Francisco, Work Projects Administration -
1937 -1942 :Legal research editor, Historical Records Survey of Northern California, Work Projects Administration -
1942 -1945 :Translator and examiner, U.S. Office of Censorship -
1945:
Writer, U.S. Office of War Information -
1945 May -1945 June :Member, Russian section, Interpreters and Translators Bureau of the International Secretariat at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco -
1946 -1953 :Foreign broadcast monitor, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency -
1989:
Died
From the guide to the Nadia L. Shapiro papers, 1910-1984, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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| creatorOf | Shapiro, Nadia L. (Nadia Lavrova), 1897-1989. Nadia L. Shapiro papers, 1910-1984. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| creatorOf | Nadia L. Shapiro papers, 1910-1984 | Hoover Institution Archives |
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Birth 1897
Death 1989
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