Navall, Deidrich D. (1887-1958). Ukrainian-American professor of languages. The man who later called himself Deidrich Navall was born Dietrich Neufeld in Zagradovka, a Mennonite settlement in South Russia (now Kherson Oblast, Ukraine) and earned his doctorate at the University of Jena. He and his wife, Lotte M., first emigrated to Canada before entering the U.S. in 1923. Fluent in at least nine languages, Navall taught at Bluffton College, Antioch College, the University of New Mexico, and Pomona College. In 1937 Navall became one of the first faculty members of Pepperdine College and headed its department of modern languages. Navall also published at least one book, Russian Dance of Death (1930), under the pseudonym Dirk Gora.
by Gora, Dirk —A novel in the form of a diary by an eye-witness concerning the tribulations of Dutch immigrants to Russia and the Ukraine during the Russian Revolution and the Civil War in Ukraine. This story has all chapters featured on this site, containing a total of words.
A novel in the form of a diary by an eye-witness concerning the tribulations of Dutch immigrants to Russia and the Ukraine during the Russian Revolution and the Civil War in Ukraine. This story has all chapters featured on this site, containing a total of words.