International Botev Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1976) Winner
Alexey Alexandrovich Surkov
アレクセイ・アレクサンドロヴィチ・スルコフ
Alexey Alexandrovich Surkov
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1899-10-13 （Serednevo, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire）
- Died
- 1983-06-14 （Moscow, USSR） age 83
- Nationality
- Russian, Soviet Union
- Languages
- Russian
Career
- Occupations
- poet, editor, literary critic, bureaucrat
- Active Years
- 1925-1979
- Memberships
- Union of Soviet Writers (First Secretary, 1953–1959), Russian Association of Proletarian Writers (early membership)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Stalin Prize (USSR State Prize) | — | — | Soviet Union | 受賞 |
| 1951 | Stalin Prize (USSR State Prize) | — | — | Soviet Union | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Order of Lenin | — | — | Soviet Union | 受章 |
| 1967 | Order of Lenin | — | — | Soviet Union | 受章 |
| 1969 | Order of Lenin | — | — | Soviet Union | 受章 |
| 1979 | Order of Lenin | — | — | Soviet Union | 受章 |
| 1940 | Order of the Red Star | — | — | Soviet Union | 受章 |
| 1942 | Order of the Red Star | — | — | Soviet Union | 受章 |
| 1945 | Order of the Red Banner | — | — | Soviet Union | 受章 |
Stalin Prize (USSR State Prize)
1946
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受賞
Stalin Prize (USSR State Prize)
1951
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受賞
Order of Lenin
1959
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受章
Order of Lenin
1967
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受章
Order of Lenin
1969
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受章
Order of Lenin
1979
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受章
Order of the Red Star
1940
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受章
Order of the Red Star
1942
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受章
Order of the Red Banner
1945
Organization:
Soviet Union
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Zemlyanka
1941 poem/lyricsA poem depicting the trenches and lives of soldiers during the Great Patriotic War; later set to music and widely known as a song.
warsoldiers' daily lifepatriotismloss
Adaptations
- [song] Zemlyanka (song) / Konstantin Listov (作曲) (1941)
March of the Defenders of Moscow
1942 poem/lyricsA poem praising the defenders of Moscow; set to music and became popular during the war.
warheroic praisepatriotism
Adaptations
- [song] March of the Defenders of Moscow (song) / Boris Mokrousov (作曲) (1942)
Not a Step Back
1942 poem/lyricsA poem expressing determination not to retreat; used to boost morale during wartime.
wardeterminationunity
Adaptations
- [song] Not a Step Back (song) / T. A. Kuliyev (作曲) (1942)
The Song of the Brave Ones
1941 poem/lyricsA poem lauding the brave; set to music and sung as a wartime song.
courageheroic praisewar
Adaptations
- [song] The Song of the Brave Ones (song) / V. A. Bely (作曲) (1941)
Adaptations
- Zemlyanka (musical adaptation/song)
- March of the Defenders of Moscow (musical adaptation/song)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- socialist realist poetic stylepropagandistic tone
- Recurring Motifs
- warheroescollectivismpatriotism
Legacy
Surkov wrote many poems that became widely sung during the war and was a central figure in Soviet literary establishment. At the same time he is controversial for his role in censorship and campaigns against figures such as Boris Pasternak.
Academic Societies
- Union of Soviet Writers
Quotes
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He had two sides to him — that of the hard bureaucrat, and that of the man not free of all sensibility.
Source: Alexander Werth (BBC correspondent) (1969)
Trivia
- Served as First Secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers from 1953 to 1959.
- Played a central role in the campaign against Boris Pasternak.
- Several of his poems were set to music and widely sung during the war.
- Received the Order of Lenin multiple times.