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Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky
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Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky – a Soviet writer and poet. He was born on June 21, 1910, in the Smolensk Governorate. After finishing rural school he enrolled in the Smolensk Pedagogical Institute, and later graduated from the Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy and Literature. His literary career began in 1925 with the publication of a poem in the newspaper "Smolensk Village".
In 1936 Tvardovsky wrote the poem "The Land of Muravia", which brought him the USSR State Prize. During the Great Patriotic War he worked for frontline newspapers and created his famous poem "Vasily Tyorkin", which was awarded the State Prize. After the war Tvardovsky wrote the poem "The House by the Road", for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize, second class.
A large part of Tvardovsky's life was connected with the magazine "Novy Mir" ("New World"), where he served as editor-in-chief from 1950 to 1954 and from 1958 to 1970. His editorial work had a significant influence on the development of Soviet literature. Alexander Trifonovich Tvardovsky died on January 18, 1971, and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
Date of birth
21 June 1910
Date of death
18 December 1971
Occupation
Writer