Aleksandr Chakovsky
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 30 years ago |
Date of birth | August 26,1913 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Saint Petersburg |
Russia | |
Date of died | February 17,1994 |
Died | Moscow |
Russia | |
Books | Unfinished Portrait |
Job | Novelist |
Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour |
Order of the Red Banner of Labour | |
Order of the Red Star | |
Order of the October Revolution | |
Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR | |
Lenin Prize in Literature, Art and Architecture | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1484580 |
Aleksandr Chakovsky Life story
Aleksandr Borisovich Chakovsky 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.