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Tvardovsky (Твардовский) Aleksander Trifonovich
(1910—1971)

Aleksander Tvardovsky was a Soviet poet, chief editor of «Novy Mir» literary magazine (1950-1954, 1958-1970). Tvardovsky fought hard to maintain the traditional independence «Novy Mir» had, even against official disapproval. During his editorship the magazine published Ilya Ehrenburg's «Thaw» in 1954, «The Vologda Wedding» by Aleksandr Yashin in 1962, and «One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich» by Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 1962. He received the Stalin Prize (USSR State Prize) (1941, 1946, 1947, 1971) and of Lenin Prize (1961, for the poem «Expanse after Expanse»). Tvardovsky was born in Zagorye, Russia. He joined the Communist Party in 1940 and was a war correspondent during World War II. By 1970, more hardline officials forced his resignation from «Novy Mir», although he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner "for services in the development of Soviet poetry" that same year and the State Prize for Literature in the year of his death, 1971, in Moscow. His most popular poem was «Vasily Tyorkin» (also known as «A book about a Soldier») (1941-1945) about an ordinary but not so ordinary soldier in the Great Patriotic War. Filled with humor, the poem was a hymn of optimism and resourcefulness of the Russian soldier. It was surprisingly non-politicized, down-to-Earth, and intentionally devoid of any picturesque heroism. It was printed chapter by chapter and immediately sent to the front in newspapers and magazines.

Russia, 2000, Aleksander Tvardovsky

USSR, 1965, Vasily Tyorkin

Russia, 1995.05.02, Smolensk. Monument to Vasili Terkin