Louis Adamic

Louis Adamic was a SloveneAmerican author and translator, mostly known for writing about and advocating for ethnic diversity of America.

Alojz Adami was born at Praproe Mansion in Praproe pri Grosupljem in the region of Lower Carniola, in what is now Slovenia . The oldest son of a peasant family, he was given a limited childhood education at the city school and, in 1909, entered the primary school at Ljubljana. Early in his third year he joined a secret students political club associated with the Yugoslav Nationalistic Movement that had recently sprung up in the SouthSlavic provinces of AustriaHungary.

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