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And quiet flows the don book by mikhail aleksandrovich. I, melachi ibn amillar, being of unsound mind and body, did read the don flows home to the sea, the sequel to quiet flows the don by mikhail sholokhov, in english translation, over a two year period, on the beaches of several continents, finishing in october 2012 though i did other things as well. List of books and articles about mikhail sholokhov online. Born in 1905, in a working cossack family, sholokhov. Buy virgin soil upturned by mikhail aleksandrovich sholokhov online at alibris. His high school studies were interrupted by the russian revolution and the civil war, in which he fought on the side of the. Mikhail sholokhov primary author only author division. At age 15 he joined the red army, which was then fighting a civil war to assure the triumph of communism. Litus 1965 nobel prize in literature presentation speech source for information on sholokhov, mikhail aleksandrovich 11 may 1905 21 february 1984. Virgin soil upturned mikhail aleksandrovich sholokhov. The quiet don 1928, a fourbook epic about life in a cossack village from 1912 to 1922, and virgin soil upturned 1932, his story of collective farming, were. Mikhail sholokhov is currently considered a single author.
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Sholokhov, mikhail aleksandrovich born may 11 24, 1905, in the khutor farmstead of kruzhilin of the stanitsa large cossack village of veshenskaia, oblast of the don host now veshenskii raion, rostov oblast. Sholokhov s bestknown work is the novel and quiet flows the don 192840, the finest realist. Sholokhovs bestknown work is the novel and quiet flows the don 192840, the finest realist. Virgin soil upturned mikhail aleksandrovich sholokhov, r. Sholokhov, mikhail aleksandrovich born may 11 24, 1905, in the khutor farmstead of kruzhilin of the stanitsa large cossack village of veshenskaia, oblast of the don host. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. This russian epic, set during the turbulent years of wwi, the bolshevik revolution and the russian civil war gained instant notoriety for its objectivity and human sympathy.
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