Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov (russian: Константи́н Дми́триевич Воробьёв; September 24, 1919,

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– March 2, 1975,

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) was a Soviet writer, a

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hero and a major exponent of the

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movement in the Soviet war literature. Vorobyov, who was born in the

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region,

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but spent most of his life in

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(then in the USSR; also his deathplace), wrote 10 short novels (best known is ''Slain Near Moscow'', 1963) and 30 short stories, many of which were either unpublished in his lifetime or suffered greatly from massive censorial cuts. According to the poet, critic and literature historian

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, Vorobyov was "the most

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of all Russian writers, a strange mix of

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and Capote".

Select bibliography

* ''And Now Enters the Giant'' (Vot prishol velikan, Вот пришел великан, 1971) * ''Genka, Brother of Mine'' (Genka, brat moi, Генка, брат мой, 1969) * ''...And to All of Your Kin'' (...I vsemu rodu tvoyemu, ...И всему роду твоему, 1975, unfinished) * ''The Scream'' (Krik, Крик, 1962) * ''In One Breath'' (Odnim dykhaniyev, Одним дыханием, 1948, published in 1967) * ''How Much Is Joy in Ratikny'' (Pochom v Rakitnom radosti, Почём в Ракитном радости, 1964) * ''Slain Near Moscow'' (Ubity pod Moskvoi, Убиты под Москвой, 1963) * ''Here We Are, My Lord!..'' (Eto mi, Gospodi!.., Это мы, господи!.., 1986, posthumously)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vorobyov, Konstantin 1919 births 1975 deaths People from Medvensky District People from Oboyansky Uyezd Soviet writers Soviet Army officers Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet partisans Solzhenitsyn Prize winners