Arvo Pärt vs Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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Compare the life timelines of Arvo Pärt (1935–present) and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 87 years, from 1938 to 2025.
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Arvo Pärt (1935–present)
- — Born in Paide, Estonia Verified
- — Worked as a sound engineer at Estonian Radio Verified
- — Graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory Verified
- — Married Nora Pärt Verified
- — Composed Für Alina, the first tintinnabuli work Verified
- — Composed Fratres, Tabula Rasa and Spiegel im Spiegel Verified
- — Emigrated from Soviet Estonia to Vienna Verified
- — Moved to West Berlin Verified
- — Returned to live in Estonia Verified
- — Arvo Pärt Centre opened in Laulasmaa Verified
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025)
- — Born in Kamiriithu, near Limuru, Kenya Colony Verified
- — Graduated from Makerere University College in Uganda Verified
- — Published his first novel, Weep Not, Child Verified
- — Published A Grain of Wheat Verified
- — Published Petals of Blood Verified
- — Detained without trial at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison Verified
- — Went into exile from Kenya Verified
- — Published Decolonising the Mind Verified
- — Joined the University of California, Irvine Verified
- — Died in Buford, Georgia, United States Verified