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Aleksandr Chakovsky

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Name
  
Aleksandr Chakovsky


Role
  
Editor

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Died
  
February 17, 1994, Moscow, Russia

Aleksandr Borisovich Chakovsky (Russian: Александр Борисович Чаковский; August 26, 1913 in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) – February 17, 1994) was a Soviet/Russian editor and novelist; editor-in-chief of "Literaturnaya Gazeta" from 1962-1988. A hard-line Communist, he served as an unofficial cultural arbiter through his position in the powerful Writers' Union.

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Honours and awards

  • Stalin Prize, 3rd class (1950) - for the novel "We already Morning" (1949)
  • Lenin Prize (1978) - for the novel "The Siege"
  • USSR State Prize (1983) - for the novel "Victory"
  • Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1980) - a script for the film "Siege" (1973, 1977)
  • Four Orders of Lenin
  • Order of the October Revolution
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Order of the Red Star
  • Hero of Socialist Labour

    • References

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