peoplepill id: boris-gorbatov
BG
Russia
1 views today
1 views this week
Boris Gorbatov
Soviet writer, screenwriter and journalist

Boris Gorbatov

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Soviet writer, screenwriter and journalist
From
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Pervomaisk, Ukraine
Place of death
Moscow, Russia
Age
45 years
Awards
Stalin Prize
(1946)
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 
Order of the Red Star
(1942)
Order of the Badge of Honour
(1936)
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class
(1945)
Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
 
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
 
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
 
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
 
Lenin Komsomol Prize
(1978)
Stalin Prize
(1952)
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Boris Gorbatov (1908–1954) was a Soviet Russian novelist. Born in the Donbass region in the Ukraine, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18 and joined the Communist Party in 1930. He was a military correspondent during World War Two.

Gorbatov is best known for his novels Donbass and Taras' Family, both of which were translated into English, the latter also into French and German. The latter novel was filmed in 1945 (see The Unvanquished) and was the first film depicting The Holocaust.

He was a recipient of the Stalin Prize.

He was married to the actress Tatiana Okunevskaya and then the actress Nina Arkhipova. He died in 1954 and is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article on 27 Apr 2020. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Boris Gorbatov is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Reference sources
References
Boris Gorbatov
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes