From Immigrant to Inventor
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From Immigrant to Inventor is the Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiography of physicist and inventor Michael I. Pupin, chronicling his journey from a poor Serbian immigrant to a prominent American scientist and educator.
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| instanceOf |
Pulitzer Prize-winning work
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autobiography → non-fiction book → |
| about |
Serbian-American identity
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scientific innovation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries → social mobility through education → |
| author |
Michael I. Pupin
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| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describes |
Michael I. Pupin’s early life in Serbia
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Michael I. Pupin’s immigration to America → Michael I. Pupin’s scientific career → Michael I. Pupin’s work as an educator → |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir → |
| hasInfluenced |
historical understanding of early American telecommunications research
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literature on immigrant success stories → |
| hasNarrativeForm |
first-person narrative
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| language |
English
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| literaryPeriod |
20th-century literature
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| mainSubject |
Michael I. Pupin
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education → immigration to the United States → science and invention → |
| notableFor |
account of the development of modern physics and engineering in the United States
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depiction of the immigrant experience in America → |
| publicationDate |
1923
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| publisher |
Scribner’s
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| setting |
Serbia
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United States → |
Referenced by (2)
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Michael I. Pupin
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Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin → |
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