Konstantin Simonov
Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent (1915-1979) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 63
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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1979Died28 August 19791974Hero of Socialist LabourAwardLenin PrizeAward1950Stalin PrizeAward1915Born15 November 1915
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Aleksandr Stolper Directed Wait for Me and Days and Nights
Nikolai Kryuchkov Konstantin wrote The Immortal Garrison (1956)
Vsevolod Pudovkin Directed In the Name of the Motherland (1943)
Grigori Aleksandrov Produced Days and Nights (1945)
Oleg Yefremov Konstantin wrote The Polynin Case (1970)
Kirill Lavrov Konstantin wrote Retribution (1969)
Mikhail Zharov Konstantin wrote In the Name of the Fatherland (1943)- Aleksei Yuryevich German Directed Twenty Days Without War (1977)
Mark Zakharov Directed Lad from Our Town (1978)
Fridrikh Ermler Produced Wait for Me (1943)
Hamo Beknazarian Directed The Second Caravan (1950)
Jean Dréville Directed Normandy - Neman (1960)- Lev Arnshtam Produced The Immortal Garrison (1956)
Eduard Tisse Directed The Immortal Garrison (1956)
Lev Sverdlin Konstantin wrote Wait for Me and Days and Nights
Georges Rivière Konstantin wrote Normandie - Niémen (1960)
Pierre Trabaud Konstantin wrote Normandie - Niémen (1960)
Vasili Ordynsky Directed If Your House Means a Thing to You... (1967)
Aleksey Sakharov Directed The Polynin Case (1970)- Angelina Stepanova Directed Twenty Days Without War (1976)
Leonid Varlamov Directed Victory of the Chinese People (1950)
Boris Nirenburg Directed Under the Chestnut Trees of Prague (1965)
Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh Directed Normandy - Neman (1960)
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Russia
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1915 to 1979 · aged 63
