Boris Gorbatov (1908–1954) was a
Soviet
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novelist. Born in the
Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
region in the Ukraine, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18 and joined the
Communist Party
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in 1930. He was a military correspondent during World War Two.
Legacy
Gorbatov is best known for his novels ''Donbass'' and ''Taras' Family'', both of which were translated into
English
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, the latter also into
French and
German
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.
[''Die Unbeugsamen; Die Familie des Taras'', Neuer Verlag, Stockholm, 1944] The latter novel was filmed in 1945 (see
The Unvanquished
''The Unvanquished'' is a 1938 novel by the American author William Faulkner, set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. It tells the story of the Sartoris family, who first appeared in the novel ''Sartoris'' (or ''Flags in the Dust''). ''The Unv ...
) and was the first
film depicting The Holocaust.
Awards
He was a recipient of the
Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to:
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The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...
.
Personal life
He was married to the actress
Tatiana Okunevskaya
Tatiana Kirillovna Okunevskaya (russian: Татьяна Кирилловна Окуневская; 3 March 1914 – 15 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actress.
Life
Okunevskaya was born in Zavidovo, Moscow Governorate, in 1914. She was acti ...
and then the actress
Nina Arkhipova. He died in 1954 and is buried in
Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist ...
.
References
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1908 births
1954 deaths
Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
Soviet novelists
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