Simonov Constantine. Biography of the writer

Simonov Constantine. His biography in this article will begin with the indication of the place of his birth. And this place is Petrograd.

So, on November 15 (or the 28th according to the new style), Constantine was born (although his name is actually Cyril) Mikhailovich. He was brought up by his stepfather, who taught at the military school. And where did the famous writer lived, when he was a child, Simonov Constantine? His biography tells us that he lived in Saratov and Ryazan.

In 1930, Simonov graduated from the seven-year school, after which he went to master the profession of a turner. The following year, his family moved to Moscow. Simonov Konstantin (the biography described here is as brief as possible, so that many details can be missed) starts working at the plant, and works there until 1935. And in 1931 Simonov began writing poems.

In 1936, for the first time Simonov Constantine, now known as Simonov (the biography reports "Young Guard" and "October"), also appeared in magazines. In these journals were published his first poetic works. In 1938, the writer completes his studies at the Literary Institute . M. Gorky and entered the post-graduate course of IFLI. However, next year he is sent to Mongolia to Halkin Gol. He works there as a military correspondent. After this trip, Simonov did not return to the institute.

The first play, as the biography of Konstantin Simonov tells us, was written by him in 1940, and after that he was staged at the Lenin Komsomol Theater. Its title is "The Story of One Love." The second play was written by Konstantin Simonov next year, and was called "The Guy from Our City". Throughout the year Constantine did not waste time - he went to courses intended for military correspondents who were at the Military-Political Academy, and, in addition, received the rank of second-in-command second-rank.

Konstantin Simonov was an amazing man. A brief biography of him is not at all an indicator of boring life. About him, you can tell a lot of things to the world.

As soon as the war began, Constantine was drafted into the army, and began work in a newspaper called "Battle Flag". Already in 1942, he became the senior battalion commissar, and in 1943 - a lieutenant colonel. After the end of the war, Simonov at all moved into the ranks of the colonels. Almost all of his military materials were published in the "Red Star". During the war years, Constantine wrote several plays, a story, as well as two books of poems.

As a military correspondent, Simonov had time to visit all the fronts, running around the Romanian, Bulgarian, Yugoslav, Polish and German lands. I personally saw the last battles for Berlin. After the war, his collections of essays were published.

In the postwar years he traveled on many foreign business trips. For three years, traveled Japan, the US and China. As a correspondent of Pravda, he lived in Tashkent (1958-1960).

His first novel, called "Comrades in Arms", was released in 1952, followed by the book "Alive and the Dead" (1959). In 1961, the play "The Fourth" was staged by Konstantin Simonov. The theater "Contemporary" performed the production. From 1963 to 1964 Constantine wrote the novel "Soldiers are not born," to which in 1970-1971 a sequel was written, which is called "Last Summer".

In many of Simonov's novels films were shot and, in addition, the writer led a very active social life.

Konstantin Simonov passed away on the 28th of August, the year of 1979.