Konstantin Simonov
1915
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1979
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movement: socialist realism
genre: novel, short novel, narrative poetry, verse, play, sketch story, poem
country of citizenship: Soviet Union
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
educated at: Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, Institute for Philosophie, Literature and History in Moscow, V. I. Lenin Military-Political Academy
occupation: journalist, poet, translator, playwright, screenwriter, writer, prosaist, politician, war correspondent
award received: Stalin Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Lenin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For the Defence of Odessa", Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For the Liberation of Prague", Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Order of the White Lion, Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945, Order of Sukhbaatar
position held: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
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". Source: Wikipedia (en)
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