Vsevolod Ivanov
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24 February 1895 Lebyazhye, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 August 1963 (aged 68) Moscow, USSR |
Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov (Russian: Все́волод Вячесла́вович Ива́нов Russian pronunciation: [ˈfsʲɛvələd vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈvanəf]; 12 February [O.S. 24 February] 1895, Lebyazhye, Semipalatinsk Oblast, now in Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan – 15 August 1963, Moscow) was a notable Soviet writer praised for the colourful adventure tales set in the Asiatic part of Russia during the Civil War.
Ivanov was born in what is now Northern Kazakhstan to a teacher's family. When he was a child, Vsevolod ran away to become a clown in a travelling circus. His first story, published in 1915, caught the attention of Maxim Gorky, who advised Vsevolod throughout his career.
Ivanov joined the Red Army during the Civil War and fought in Siberia. This inspired his short stories, Partisans (1921) and Armoured Train (1922).
In 1922 Ivanov joined the literary group Serapion Brothers. Other members included Nikolai Tikhonov, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Victor Shklovsky, Veniamin Kaverin and Konstantin Fedin.
Ivanov's first novels, Colored Winds (1922) and Azure Sands (1923), were set in Asiatic part of Russia and gave rise to the genre of ostern in Soviet literature. His novella Baby was acclaimed by Edmund Wilson as the finest Soviet short story ever.
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