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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Aleksandr
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of death
Vatutinki
Position held
editor-in-chief
Languages spoken
Russian
Field of work
journalism
Military rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Image
Tvardovsky with book.jpg
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place of burial
Novodevichy Cemetery
Commons category
Aleksandr Tvardovsky
date of birth
1910-06-21
date of death
1971-12-18
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1925-00-00
writing language
Russian
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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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