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Aleksandr Tvardovsky

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Also known as Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky

Soviet poet (1910–1971)

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Born
21 June [ O.S. 8 June ] 1910, Zagorye , Smolensky Uyezd , Smolensk Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
18 December 1971 (1971-12-18) (aged 61), Vatutinki, Krasnaya Pakhra, Podolsky District , Moscow Oblast , Soviet Union
Occupation
Poet, prose writer, magazine editor, journalist
Notable works
Vasili Tyorkin [ fr ]

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Encyclopedic overview

Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Russian: Александр Трифонович Твардовский, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈtrʲifənəvʲɪtɕ tvɐrˈdofskʲɪj]; 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1910 – 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet and writer and chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine from 1950 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970. During his editorship, the magazine published One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He is best known for his epic poem Vasili Tyorkin [fr].

Biography

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