Simonov, Konstantin Mikhailovich

Japanese: シーモノフ（英語表記）Simonov， Konstantin Mikhailovich

Born: November 15, 1915, Petrograd
[Died] August 28, 1979, Moscow Soviet novelist and playwright. He started out as a poet in the late 1930s, but served as a war correspondent during World War II, and rose to fame with his play Russkie lyudi (Russian People) (1942), which depicts unknown heroes on the battlefield, and his novel Dni i nochi (43-44), which depicts the Battle of Stalingrad. After the war, he published a number of plays, including Russkii vopros (Russian Problems) (46), which was themed around the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and Tovarishchi po oruzhiyu (52), a full-length novel depicting the Nomonhan Incident. He also promoted the party's literary policy as secretary of the Writers' Union (54-59). After Stalin's death, he enthusiastically supported Thaw as editor-in-chief of the magazine Novyi Mir. The series of Comrades in Arms includes the masterpieces Zhivye i mërtvye (59) and Soldatami ne rozhdayutsya (64), which caused a stir with their frank portrayal of Stalin's mistakes in World War II and the tragedies that resulted from them.

Simonov
Simonov, Ruben Nikolaevich

Born: April 1, 1899.
[Died] 1969
Soviet director and actor. As the head director of the Vakhtangov Theatre, he directed A. N. Arbuzov's Irkutsk Tales (1959) and other productions.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

[生]1915.11.15. ペトログラード
[没]1979.8.28. モスクワ
ソ連の小説家，劇作家。 1930年代後半，詩人として出発したが，第2次世界大戦に従軍記者として参加，戦場における無名の英雄たちを描いた戯曲『ロシアの人々』 Russkie lyudi (1942) ，スターリングラード攻防戦を描いた小説『夜となく昼となく』 Dni i nochi (43～44) で一躍有名になった。戦後は，米ソ冷戦をテーマにした戯曲『ロシアの問題』 Russkii vopros (46) ，ノモンハン事件を描いた長編『戦友』 Tovarishchi po oruzhiyu (52) などを精力的に発表，また作家同盟書記 (54～59) として党の文芸政策を推進した。スターリン死後は雑誌『新世界』 Novyi Mir編集長として熱心に「雪どけ」を支持。『戦友』の連作として，代表作『生者と死者』 Zhivye i mërtvye (59) ，『兵士として生れたるにあらず』 Soldatami ne rozhdayutsya (64) があり，第2次大戦におけるスターリンのあやまちや，そこから生じた悲劇を赤裸々に描いて反響を呼んだ。