Died 1979-08-28.
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Konstantin Simonov
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov, was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me".
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culture · Soviet writer (1915–1979) · journalist · poet · translator · playwright · screenwriter · writer · prose writer · politician · war correspondent · also Konstantin Simonov, Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, Konstantin M. Simonov, Kirill M. Simonov, Simonov
Born 15 November 1915 · Died 28 August 1979 · Q44695
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1979· 1 entry
1974· 3 entries
Awarded Lenin Prize (1974).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1974).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1974).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1971).
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1966).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1965).
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1961· 1 entry
His play, The Fourth, was performed at the Sovremennik Theatre
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1952· 1 entry
And his longer novel, The Living and the Dead, in 1959
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1950· 2 entries
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1950).
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Awarded Stalin Prize (1950).
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1949).
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1947· 1 entry
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1947).
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1946· 1 entry
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1946).
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1943).
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1942· 3 entries
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1942).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1942).
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Lieutenant colonel in 1943, and a colonel after the war
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1940· 1 entry
And performed on stage at the Memorial Lenin Komsomol Theater in Leningrad
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1939· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1939).
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1938· 2 entries
Simonov entered the Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature
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Studied at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (1938).
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1930· 1 entry
In Saratov, he went into the factory workshop school (Fabrichno-Zavodskoe Uchilishche-FZU) to become a lathe-turner
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1919· 1 entry
His mother married Alexander Ivanishev, a Red Army officer and veteran of World War I
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1915· 1 entry
Born 1915-11-15.
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