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Aleksandr Tvardovsky

Soviet poet (1910-1971) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 61

Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky was a Soviet poet and writer and chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine from 1950 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970. During his editorship, the magazine published One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He is best known for his epic poem Vasili Tyorkin.

Aleksandr Tvardovsky is read about 203 times a day, in 36 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.

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Awards

Stalin Prize
USSR State Prize
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
Lenin Prize
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 "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1971 · aged 61

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