Simonov Poems biography
Quotes about the author Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov are an outstanding author of the Soviet era, a poet, screenwriter and prose writer. Born in Petrograd on November 28 in the family of a military and princess. He was called Cyril, took the name Konstantin in the year due to the features of his own articulation. Hero of Labor, Lenin Prize winner, as well as six prizes named after Stalin.
He passed away in Moscow on August 28. The author has never seen his father. Mother, Princess Alexander Obolenskaya, raised him with a stepfather, a teacher of military affairs. Konstantin Simonov graduated from 7 classes and studied at the FZU, worked as a turner. After his stepfather's wider and eviction from home in the year, his family moved to Moscow.
Konstantin entered the evening department of the Literary Institute, first combined his studies with work, then transferred to the day and concentrated only on training. I received a diploma in the year. In his youth, he published his poems in the magazines October and the Young Guard. Later I started writing prose. Among the many talented novels by Konstantin Simonov, readers were most loved by the following: “Living and Dead”; "Last summer"; "Twenty days without war." In the year of the writer, he was sent to Khalkhin Gol in the status of a military correspondent.
Before leaving for the front, he takes the pseudonym - the reason for this was his inability to pronounce the sounds [p] and [l]. Although Simonov’s mother always called him Kiryusha, all -Union fame came to him like Konstantin. Creativity and love based on the results of life to describe all the awards and awards of Konstantin Simonov will not be enough one sheet. Contemporaries highly appreciated the author.
His debut play “The Story of One Love” was staged at the Lenin Komsomol Theater. In general, in the war years, Simonov created many beautiful plays, including “Wait for me”, released two poetic collections. He visited all fronts as a military correspondent. He received many awards, earned the title of colonel. Konstantin Simonov was married four times, became the father of three daughters and one son.
His first wife is the writer Natalya Ginzburg; The marriage, unfortunately, did not last long. The second wife was the editor of Yevgeny Laskin, in this marriage, Simonov had the only son.
A year later, a talented author falls in love with the then famous actress Valentina Serova and part with his wife. His best poems are written for Serova, the most popular collections of wartime verses came out with dedication to her. The poetic masterpiece of “Wait for me” known to the whole country is also for Serova, and initially only friends were read. Relations lasted 15 years and collapsed in the mid -fifties.
Of all Simonov’s wives, he managed to survive her only. The last marriage in adulthood with Larisa Zhadova did not leave such vivid literary fruits. Konstantin Simonov died from lung cancer, his ashes were dispelled in the place of the most terrible fight of his life - over the Buinichi field, and six months later the ashes of his last wife was left there. You can read the works of Konstantin Simonov online or listen to audiobooks in the Liters electronic library.
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