Leonid Leonov
1899
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1994

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genre: novel, short novel, play
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Russia
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
educated at: 3-я Московская гимназия
occupation: playwright, writer, journalist, prosaist, politician, poet
award received: Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Lenin Prize, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
position held: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Leonid Maximovich Leonov (Russian: Леони́д Макси́мович Лео́нов; 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1899 — 8 August 1994) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of socialist realism. His works have been compared with Dostoyevsky's deep psychological torment. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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