Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin

Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin was a Russian writer, journalist, and historian. Vladimir Alekseevich Chivilikhin was born in Kemerovo Oblast and spent his childhood and youth in the town of Tayga, where he graduated from a railway technical school.

 

After graduating with honors from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University, Chivilikhin worked for about ten years at the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. In 1961 he became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. His literary debut came in 1957 with the publication of the book 'Living Force'.

 

In subsequent years Chivilikhin wrote many essays and novellas, including 'Hello, Mom!', 'Roar, Taiga, Roar!', 'Silver Rails' and 'The Motley Stone'. However, his most significant work is considered to be the novel-essay 'Memory', devoted to little-known facts of Russian history and culture. For 'Memory' Chivilikhin received the USSR State Prize in 1982. The writer passed away on June 9, 1984.