Vasily Smirnov (writer)
Vasily Alexandrovich Smirnov (Russian: Васи́лий Алекса́ндрович Смирно́в; born December 31, 1904 O.S./January 13, 1905 N.S. in the village of Sinitsyno; died 1979) was a Soviet writer.
Having published his first work in 1924, Smirnov became a member of the CPSU in 1925. In 1960–1965, he was the editor-in-chief of the Druzhba Narodov magazine.
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- 1905 births
- 1979 deaths
- People from Myshkinsky District
- Soviet writers
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Candidates of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Soviet magazine editors