Aleksandr Tvardovsky

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Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Александр Трифонович Твардовский) (21 June 1910 O.S. — 18 December 1971 N.S.) was a Soviet poet, chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine (1950-1954, 1958-1970).

Recipient of Stalin Prize (USSR State Prize) (1941, 1946, 1947, 1971) and of Lenin Prize (1961, for the poem Expanse after Expanse (За далью - даль)).

[edit] Vasili Tyorkin

His most popular poem was Vasili Tyorkin (Василий Тёркин, also known as A book about a Soldier, "Книга про бойца") (1941-1945) about an ordinary but not so ordinary soldier in the Great Patriotic War. Filled with humor, the poem was a hymn of optimism and resourcefulness of the Russian soldier. It was surprisingly non-politicized, down-to-Earth, and intentionally devoid of any picturesque heroism. It was printed chapter by chapter and immediately sent to the front in newspapers and magazines.

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