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Anatoli Sofronov
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06 Jan 1911
† 09 Sept 1990
Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]
Biography
Anatoly Vladimirovich Sofronov (Russian: Анато́лий Влади́мирович Софро́нов; 19 January 1911 – 9 September 1990) was a Soviet Russian writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor (Ogonyok, 1953-1986) and literary administrator, the Union of Soviet Writers' secretary in 1948-1953. Sofronov was a Stalin Prize laureate (twice, 1948, 1949) and a recipient of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (1981). An ominous figure with the reputation of "one of the most feared literary hangmen of the St...
Also Known As
Anatoly Sofronov, A. V. Sofronov, А. Софронрв, Анатолий Сафронов, А. Сафронов
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