Anatoli Stepanovich Ivanov (russian: Анато́лий Степа́нович Ивано́в; May 5, 1928 – May 31, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian writer known for his novels on rural topics.
Ivanov was born on in the village of
Shemonaikha
Shemonaikha ( kz, Шемонаиха, ''Şemonaiha''; russian: Шемонаиха) is a town in Shemonaikha District in East Kazakhstan Region of eastern Kazakhstan. It is located on the banks of the Uba River, a right tributary of the Irtysh Riv ...
(now in the
East Kazakhstan Region
East Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, translit=Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область, Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupi ...
of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
). His parents, Marfa Loginovna and Stepan Ivanov, came from peasant farming families, but he was not involved in the farm, living in the district center where his father worked as head of the district department of Soyuzpechat'. In 1946-1950 he studied at the journalism faculty of
Kazakh State University
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University ( kz, Әл-Фараби атындағы Қазақ ұлттық университеті, Äl-Farabi atyndağy Qazaq Ūlttyq Universitetı), also called KazGU or KazNU, is a university in Almaty, Kazakhstan ...
. His creative activity began in 1948 as a journalist in the newspaper ''Priirtyshskaya pravda'' (
Semipalatinsk
Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...
), served in the military, then was the editor of the regional newspaper ''Leninskoe znamya'' in the
Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk ...
. From 1954 he began to publish stories; his first collection was ''Alkiny pesni'' (Alka's songs, 1958). In 1958-1964 he was deputy editor of the magazine ''Sibirskie ogni''. In the late 1960s he moved to Moscow. The main themes of his works are the revolution in the Siberian villages, collectivization, and World War II.
Two of his novels were filmed. ''Eternal Call'' was the base of the TV series
with the same name.
Что такое «план Даллеса»
/ref> Another TV series was based on his novel ''Shadows Disappear at Noon'' ('' :ru:Тени исчезают в полдень''). The two novels are represented in a monument at the author's birthplace Shemonaikha.[ Ivanov was a ]Hero of Socialist Labour
The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...
and recipient of many other awards.
References
External links
А. С. Иванов в энциклопедии «Кругосвет»
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1928 births
1999 deaths
20th-century Russian male writers
20th-century Russian screenwriters
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Heroes of Socialist Labour
Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Socialist realism writers
Russian editors
Russian male writers
Russian screenwriters
Soviet editors
Soviet male writers
Soviet screenwriters
Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
Molodaya Gvardiya (magazine) editors
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