Alexander Serafimovich
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Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | The Iron Flood |
Alexander Serafimovich (born Alexander Serafimovich Popov;
Biography
He was born in a
In 1902, he moved to Moscow and became a member of the literary group "Sreda" (Wednesday). During World War I, he was a war correspondent for Russkiye Vedomosti.
At the start of
After The Iron Flood, he published stories, sketches and plays about the building of the Soviet state and the growth of Soviet culture. In 1934, he was elected to the governing board of the Union of Soviet Writers. He died in Moscow in 1949.[2]
Legacy
Serafimovich's works were praised by many of his fellow writers. Maxim Gorky especially appreciated his talent, introducing him into the Sreda group in Moscow and publishing his works in the Znanie collections. Leo Tolstoy liked his short novel Sand.
The Nobel Laureate
"Serafimovich was a great man, a real artist whose stories are near and dear to us; he was one of that generation of writers from whom we learned in our youth."[7]
Vladimir Korolenko said of Serafimovich's first story On the Ice (1889):
"Splendid language, full of imagery, terse and powerful, the descriptions bright and lucid."[7]
Awards
- Order of Lenin (1933)
- Stalin Prize, 1st class (1943) - for long-term excellence in literature
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
English Translations
- The Iron Flood, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1956.
- Sand and Other Stories, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1956.
- Nikita, The Little Miner and Bombs, from In the Depths, Raduga Publishers, Moscow, 1987.
References
- ^ A Writer Remembers, Hutchinson, NY, 1943.
- ^ a b In the Depths: Russian Stories, Raduga Publishers, 1987.
- ^ J.N. Westwood (1993) Endurance and Endeavor: Russian History 1812-1992. OUP: 261-2
- ^ The Iron Flood
- ^ The Soviet Union: A Biographical Dictionary, Macmillan, 1990.
- ^ Even with one piece of foreign literary work
- ^ a b Introduction to Sand and Other Stories by Serafimovich, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow.
- ^ According to Alexander Serafimovich article at Ru.wikipedia.