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Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev
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Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev was a Soviet Russian writer and public figure, a journalist and a war correspondent. Alexander Fadeyev was born in the village of Kimry in the Tver Governorate into a family of revolutionaries. In 1918 he joined the Communist Party and took part in the Civil War. After the war, in 1921–1922 he studied at the Moscow Mining Academy, and then, from 1924 to 1926, he held party positions in Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar.
His literary path began with the novella “Razliv”, written in 1922–1923. However, it was the novel “The Rout” (Razgrom) that convinced him to become a professional writer. Fadeyev became an influential figure in literary and public circles and held leadership positions in various writers' organizations. Immediately after the end of the Great Patriotic War he wrote a novel about the Krasnodon underground organization “The Young Guard”. The book came under harsh criticism, which led to a revision of the text, and in 1951 a second edition of the novel appeared. In his later years Fadeyev suffered from alcoholism. On May 13, 1956, he committed suicide at his dacha in Peredelkino. His final book, the novel “Black Metallurgy”, remained unfinished.
Date of birth
24 December 1901
Date of death
13 May 1956
Occupation
Writer