Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984)
Author of And Quiet Flows the Don
About the Author
For decades a pillar of the Soviet literary establishment, Sholokhov owes his stature to And Quiet Flows the Don (1928--40), a four-volume epic of the life and fate of the Don Cossacks in the Revolution and civil war. Although himself a party member, Sholokhov depicts fairly impartially both sides show more in the conflict between the Reds and the Whites and shows how his hero, Grigory Melekhov, is driven by background and fate from one camp to the other. This realistic novel captures the exotic Cossack milieu superbly, and the whole works on a scale unseen since Tolstoy's War and Peace. Among Sholokhov's later works, Virgin Soil Upturned (1932--60), which deals with the collectivization of agriculture, deserves particular mention; the first volume is far more direct and honest than the much-later second volume. Over the years, Sholokhov's authorship of And Quiet Flows the Don has been questioned, most recently by Solzhenitsyn, but Sholokhov has had strong defenders in both the Soviet Union and the West. His political stance accounts for part of the anger directed against him. Extremely conservative, Sholokhov made vicious attacks on dissidents and the West and, aside from his concern for environmental issues, was a devoted follower of the party line. Sholokhov was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1965. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Mikhail Sholokhov
One Man's Destiny: And Other Stories, Articles and Sketches 1923-1963 (Abacus Bks.) (1967) 36 copies
Fierce and Gentle Warriors, Three Stories By Mikhail Sholokhov: The Colt, The Rascal, The Fate of a (1967) 12 copies
Ny jord : bind 3 3 copies
And Quiet Flows the Dawn (vol. 2-4) 3 copies
Kertomuksia 3 copies
Il puledro 2 copies
Zorany Ugór 2 copies
Los Premios Nobel de literatura (X) 2 copies
Fortellinger fra Don 2 copies
O rio e a guerra 2 copies
Selected tales from the Don 2 copies
Inimese saatus : [jutustus] 2 copies
Rusia. Volumen 2 — Contributor — 2 copies
Aron raivaajat. Toinen kirja 2 copies
De stille Don, band 2 [De steppen in vuur en vlam & Tussen wit en rood] (De stille Don, #3 & 4) 2 copies
Sturm über der Steppe 2 copies
Ülesküntud uudismaa 2 copies
Jo Desh Ke Liye Lade 1 copy
Insan Ka Nasiba 1 copy
Ein Schicksal. Mit Illustrationen v. Kuprijanow, Krylow, Sokolow. Deutsch v. Juri Elperin. Buchschmuck: J. Kopilow. (1965) 1 copy
Terre vergini 1 copy
Tussen wit en rood 1 copy
Il placido Don, Vol 1 1 copy
En manns skjebne 1 copy
Ett människöde 1 copy
Stilla flyter Don (5 delar) 1 copy
Tichý Don. [Díl] 1-2 1 copy
Tichý Don. [Díl] 3-4 1 copy
Neuland unterm Pflug Roman 1 copy
[1]: Il placido Don: romanzo 1 copy
Том 8 1 copy
Том 6 1 copy
Quiet Flows the Don 1 copy
EL DON aPaCIBLW TOMO III 1 copy
EL DON aPaCIBLE TOMO II 1 copy
EL DON APACIBLE TOMO IV 1 copy
El don apacible IV 1 copy
El don apacible II 1 copy
El don apacible I 1 copy
El don apacible III 1 copy
Tierras roturadas I 1 copy
DON SANTHAMAAYOZHUKUNU 1 copy
Pamant destelenit 1 copy
EL DON ARRASADO 1 copy
Том 7 1 copy
Uzorana ledina I 1 copy
Racconti del Don 1 copy
Quiet Flows The Don Vol II 1 copy
Quiet Flows The Don Vol I 1 copy
Pripovijetke I 1 copy
Tihi Don III 1 copy
Uzorana ledina II 1 copy
fuego en el don 1 copy
قصص 1 copy
الدون الهادئ #2 1 copy
Stromer 1 copy
℗Il ℗placido Don: romanzo 1 copy
الوغد 1 copy
Morreram pela Pátria 1 copy
Rozrušená země 1 copy
Tykusis Donas: romanas 1 copy
Keeris 1 copy
Varss 1 copy
El Don apacible. Vol. 2 1 copy
Sinja stepa 1 copy
Tihi Don III 1 copy
İnsanın Yazgısı 1 copy
Cuentos del don 1 copy
Človekova usoda 1 copy
Terra dissodata. Romanzo 1 copy
Der stille Don die Zarenzeit 1 copy
Neuland unterm Flug 1 copy
Short Stories 1 copy
Sie kämpften für die Heimat 1 copy
1965 1 copy
Sie kämpften für die Heimat Roman Schule des Hasses Ein Menschenschicksal Erzählungen Bibliothek des Sieges (1980) 1 copy
Stories 1 copy
The Science of Hatred 1 copy
Új barázdát szánt az eke 1 copy
Tihi Don II 1 copy
Tihi Don I 1 copy
Terras desbravadas 1 copy
Três Histórias de Guerra 1 copy
Csendes Don 1 copy
Le Don Paisible, Tome 1 1 copy
" Po velenii͡u dushi". 1 copy
By Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov Virgin Soil Upturned (Modern Classics) (New edition) [Paperback] 1 copy
The Science of Hatred 1 copy
Novellen 1 copy
Ny jord, bind 1-3 1 copy
Ve Durgun Akardi Don 1.Cilt 1 copy
Tikhij Don Tom 2 / Tihiy Don: Roman v 2-h tomah. Tom 1 (In Russian) — Author — 1 copy
Le don paisible tome 2 1 copy
Cuentos 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Sjolochov, Michail
- Legal name
- Шо́лохов, Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович
Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich - Birthdate
- 1905-05-24
- Date of death
- 1984-02-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russia
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- Russia
- Birthplace
- Veshenskaya, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Veshenskaya, USSR
- Places of residence
- Veshenskaya, Russia
Moscow, Soviet Union - Occupations
- novelist
- Organizations
- Supreme Soviet
Union of Soviet Writers - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize, 1965
Lenin Prize, 1960
Stalin Prize, 1941
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