Konstantin Simonov
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Konstantin Simonov was a Soviet writer, poet, and playwright who lived from 1915 to 1979 and became particularly influential as a wartime correspondent during World War II. His work shaped how Soviet culture portrayed the war experience and remains significant in Russian literary history.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 1979
- Works
- 60
Top works
- We have seen America
- Ich sah das Vernichtungslager
- Russkiĭ vopros
- Парень из нашего города
- The Russians
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Writing · Petrograd, Russian SFSR
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill (Russian: Константин Михайлович Симонов, 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author and a war poet. He was a playwright and a wartime correspondent, most famous for his poem Wait for Me.
Known for
- Legends of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2016
- When Idols Were Gone — Himself / ArchiveFootage2005
- The Tale of Marshal Konev — Self (archive)1988
- Twenty Days Without War — Narrator (voice), screenwriter1976
- The Ordinary Arctic — Himself1976
- A Soldier Was Walking... — Self1975
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Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov (Russian: Константи́н Миха́йлович Си́монов, 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me".
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1915 births1979 deaths20th-century Russian journalists20th-century Russian male journalists20th-century Russian male writers20th-century Russian memoirists20th-century Russian poets20th-century Russian short story writersCandidates of the Central Committee of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionDeaths from lung cancer in the Soviet UnionHeroes of Socialist Labour