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Alexander Fadeyev
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Soviet writer and politician (1901-1956)
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Alexander Fadeyev was a Russian writer, politician, journalist, and public figure who began his work period in 1923. Associated with the socialist realism movement, he wrote in the genres of prose, sketch story, and opinion journalism. His notable works include The Young Guard, Moscow - Stalingrad 1941-1942, The Rout, Soviet speeches at the World Peace Congress, and Warsaw, November, 1950. He also used the pseudonym Булыга.
Fadeyev was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the USSR Union of Writers, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He received the Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner, Order of Lenin, and Lenin Komsomol Prize. He was married to Angelina Stepanova.
Born in Kimry in the Russian Empire, Fadeyev died in Peredelkino from a gunshot wound. He committed suicide on 13 May 1956. He is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 24 December 1901
- Died
- 13 May 1956
- Works
- 5
Top works
- The Young Guard
- Moscow - Stalingrad 1941-1942
- The Rout
- Soviet speeches at the World Peace Congress, Warsaw, November, 1950
- The Young Guard
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Film & TV
Kimry, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev (1901–1956) was a Soviet writer, one of the co-founders of the Union of Soviet Writers and its chairman from 1946 to 1954. In 1930, he published the first part of the novel The Last of the Udege, on which he continued working the rest of his life (an edition containing the second volume, all he was able to complete, was published in 1940). In 1945, he wrote the…
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1901-12-24 ) 24 December 1901, Kimry , Tver Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 13 May 1956 (1956-05-13) (aged 54), Peredelkino , Moscow Oblast , Russian SFSR
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Occupation
- Writer, critic
- Nationality
- Russian
- Alma mater
- Moscow Mining Academy
- Genre
- Fiction
- Literary movement
- Socialist realism
- Notable works
- The Young Guard
- Notable awards
- Stalin Prize Lenin Komsomol Prize Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Spouse
- Angelina Stepanova
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Kimry
- Place of death
- Peredelkino
- Spouse
- Angelina Stepanova
- Occupation
- journalist
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Notable work
- The Young Guard
- Participant in
- 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Genre
- opinion journalism
- Movement
- socialist realism
- Image
- Fotothek df roe-neg 0006329 003 Mitglied (1).jpg
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- manner of death
- Suicide
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Alexander Fadeev (writer)
- date of birth
- 1901-12-24
- date of death
- 1956-05-13
- ethnic group
- Russians
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- start of work period
- 1923-00-00
- pseudonym
- Булыга
- writing language
- Russian
- end of work period
- 1956-00-00
- name in native language
- Алекса́ндр Фаде́ев
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Фаде́ев; 24 December [O.S. 11 December] 1901 – 13 May 1956) was a Soviet writer, one of the co-founders of the Union of Soviet Writers and its chairman from 1946 to 1954.
Biography
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