Anatoly Vladimirovich Sofronov

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Sofronov's tombstone in the Troyekurovo cemetery in Moscow

Anatoly Sofronov ( Russian Анатолий Владимирович Софронов ; born January 6 . Jul / 19th January  1911 . Greg in Minsk ; † 10. September 1990 in Moscow ) was a Soviet - Belarusian writers .

Life

After attending school, Sofronov initially did an apprenticeship as a locksmith and, from 1937, studied literature at the Rostov Pedagogical Institute. In addition, he began to write poetry and was able to publish his first volume of poetry as early as 1934 ( Sunny Days ). In 1940 he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). During the Second World War he was the special correspondent for the daily Izvestia . After the end of the war he became secretary of the Writers' Union of the Soviet Union (1948–1953). Sofronow now mainly published dramas and wrote texts for plays. In his works he dealt with questions of daily life and socialist morality . From 1953 to 1986 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Ogonyok ( The Funke ). From 1958 to 1986 Sofronov chaired the Solidarity Committee with the countries of Asia and Africa.

He was married and had three children.

Works

The remaining poems were published in at least 16 volumes of poetry. In addition there were songs as well as, partly based on his own dramas, film scripts and operettas, libretti and an unfinished novel ( The children of the silent Don ).

Books of poetry (selection)

  • 1934: Solnetschnije dni (German sunny days )
  • 1936: In the course of the Don
  • 1944: steppe soldiers
  • 1947: Poems from the war years

Dramas (selection)

  • 1946: V odnom gorode (first performance 1948; German In a city ; Stalin Prize 1948)
  • 1948: Moskovskijchar (first performance 1949; German Moscow character ; Stalin Prize 1949)
  • 1954: The heart does not forgive
  • 1959: Million za ulybku (German: One million for a smile )
  • 1967: Emigranty (German: The Emigrants )
  • 1968: Labirint

Songs (selection)

  • Like an old oak
  • Sing, comrades
  • The city of Rostov
  • Long live the youth
  • The sailor's heart
  • My love, my Russia

Film adaptations

  • 1972: summer dreams
  • 1983: The storm came unexpectedly

Awards

In addition to the two state awards for his dramas (1948, 1949), Sofronov received the Order of the October Revolution (1971), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor , and in 1981 was named a hero of socialist labor . He received the following other awards: Military Order of Merit (1943), Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus and the Order for Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meyers Neues Lexikon , Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, 1964. Volume 7, p. 563
personal data
SURNAME Sofronov, Anatoly Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sofronov, Anatoly V.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1990
Place of death Moscow