Sofronov Anatoly 1911 1990 (1 results)

Moscow, Sov. pisatel, 1969, 1st ed., 146,(2) pag., Russian text, illustrations and original wrappers with dustjacket by N. Kalita, 16,6 x12,8 cm. = Anatoly Vladimirovich Sofronov was a Soviet Russian writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor (Ogonyok, 1953-1986) and literary administrator, the Union of Soviet Writers' secretary in 1948-1953. Sofronov was a Stalin Prize laureate (twice, 1948, 1949) and a recipient of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (1981). An ominous figure with the reputation of "one of the most feared literary hangmen of the Stalinist era,".…