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Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov
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Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov – a Russian Soviet writer, a representative of the 'lieutenant prose' movement. He was born on 24 September 1919 in the village of Nizhny Reutets, Kursk Governorate. He graduated from school and from the agricultural technical school in Michurinsk, and completed courses for film projectionists. Returning to Nizhny Reutets, he began writing about literature for the local newspaper.
In 1935 he wrote an anti‑Stalin poem, 'On the Death of Kuibyshev', and, to avoid denunciations, went to Moscow to his sister. There he attended evening school and worked at the newspaper 'Sverdlovets'. In 1938 he was drafted into the army. His service in the army was marked by the publication of his first stories in the army newspaper 'Prizyv'. After demobilization Vorobyov became an employee of the newspaper of the Academy of the Red Army. During the war he was taken prisoner. He attempted to escape twice, and on 24 September 1942 he succeeded: from then on the writer called that date his second birthday.
For several years Vorobyov commanded a partisan detachment in Lithuania. After the liberation of Šiauliai he headed the local air defence headquarters. After demobilization he lived in Vilnius and held many different jobs: he worked as a driver, loader, film projectionist, clerk, and store manager. Until 1956 he worked on the editorial staff of the newspaper 'Soviet Lithuania'. Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov died on 2 March 1975 in Vilnius. Later his ashes were reburied in Kursk.
Date of birth
24 September 1919
Date of death
02 March 1975
Occupation
Writer