Konstantin Vorobyov (writer)

Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov (Константи′н Дми′триевич Воробьё′в; September 24, 1919 – March 2, 1975) was a Russian Soviet writer, a War hero and a major exponent of the lieutenant prose movement in the Soviet war literature. Vorobyov, who was born in the Kursk region, Soviet Russia but spent most of his life in Vilnius, Lithuania (then in the USSR; also his deathplace), wrote 10 short novels (best known is Slain Near Moscow, 1963) and 30 short stories, many of which were either unpublished in his lifetime or suffered greatly from massive censorial cuts. According to the poet, critic and literature historian Dmitry Bykov, Vorobyov was "the most American of all Russian writers, a strange mix of Hemingway and Capote".[1][2]

Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov
Born(1919-09-24)September 24, 1919
Kursk region, Soviet Russia
DiedMarch 2, 1975(1975-03-02) (aged 55)
Vilnius, Lithuania (then USSR)
Periodmid-1940s – 1970s
Genrefiction, memoirs, lieutenant prose
SubjectGreat Patriotic War
Notable worksThe Scream (1962)
Slain Near Moscow (1963)

Select bibliography
  • And Now Enters the Giant (Vot prishol velikan, Вот пришел великан, 1971)
  • Genka, Brother of Mine (Genka, brat moi, Генка, брат мой, 1969)
  • ...And to All of Your Kin (...I vsemu rodu tvoyemu, ...И всему роду твоему, 1975, unfinished)
  • The Scream (Krik, Крик, 1962)
  • In One Breath (Odnim dykhaniyev, Одним дыханием, 1948, published in 1967)
  • How Much Is Joy in Ratikny (Pochom v Rakitnom radosti, Почём в Ракитном радости, 1964)
  • Slain Near Moscow (Ubity pod Moskvoi, Убиты под Москвой, 1963)
  • Here We Are, My Lord!.. (Eto mi, Gospodi!.., Это мы, господи!.., 1986, posthumously)

References
  1. Bykov, Dmitry. "Zhivoy (The Alive One)". Izvestya. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  2. "Koнстантин Воробьев". www.peoples.ru. 2005. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
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