Soviet poet and writer Konstantin Simonov lived a rich life. As a supporter of the Soviet government, he received a lot of high awards and prizes, and also made a successful military career, repeatedly demonstrating personal courage and bravery on the battlefield. Also noted as a talented translator of foreign literature.
The writer for his work received six Stalin prizes and one Lenin. For several years, he was also deputy secretary general of the Writers’ Union of the whole USSR. In the army, Simonov was promoted to the rank of colonel.
The first verses of Konstantin Simonov were published when he was 21 years old. In his youth, the future writer both studied and worked Simonov was fascinated by socialist ideas, which was reflected in his work. That is why he never had serious problems with the Soviet authorities. In 1949, Konstantin Simonov spoke on the radio with a report on the 150th anniversary of Pushkin. At birth, he received the name “Cyril”, but later changed it to “Constantine”.
Simonov suffered from a speech defect – he could hardly pronounce the letters “p” and “l”. During the Second World War, Simonov, as a war correspondent, visited many dangerous sectors of the front. Throughout his life, Simonov always respected Stalin and his ideas, for which he fell into disfavor with Khrushchev after he came to power. The conflict with the new general secretary led to the writer’s exile to Tashkent. Simonov is also the author of scripts for many Soviet films.
