Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky
Appearance
Vsevolod Alexandrovich Rozhdestvensky (Template:Lang-ru) (10 April 1895 in Tsarskoye Selo – 31 August 1977 in Leningrad) was a Russian/Soviet poet.
Rozhdestvensky served for four years as a war correspondent during World War II. He served on the Leningrad Front, Volkhov Front, and the Karelia Front, as a correspondent for military newspapers. He wrote poetry and a volume of memoirs.[1] He also provided the libretto for Yuri Shaporin's opera The Decembrists.
References
- ^ Salisbury, Harrison (2003). The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad. Da Capo Press. p. 175. ISBN 0306812983. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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- 1895 births
- 1977 deaths
- People from Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
- People from Tsarskoselsky Uyezd
- Russian male poets
- Soviet poets
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- Russian memoirists
- Russian opera librettists
- Russian male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
- War correspondents of World War II
- 20th-century memoirists
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