Alexander Gitovich
Alexander Ilyich Gitovich (1 March 1909 — 9 August 1966) was a Soviet Russian poet and translator of Chinese and Korean poetry (Li Bai, Du Fu, Mao Zedong and others). Gitovich was born in Smolensk and studied at Leningrad State University. He participated to the Great Patriotic War.
Also recorded as Aleksandr Ilich Gitovich · Alexander Ilyich Gitovich
Alexander Gitovich
- Born
- Alexander Gitovich was born on 1 March 1909. · Smolensk.
- Died
- Alexander Gitovich died on 9 August 1966. · Saint Petersburg.
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- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
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- linguist · poet · translator · writer
- Education
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Honours
- Order of the Red Star · Order of the Patriotic War and 2nd class · Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
- Languages
- Russian
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Alexander Ilyich Gitovich (1 March 1909 — 9 August 1966) was a Soviet Russian poet and translator of Chinese and Korean poetry (Li Bai, Du Fu, Mao Zedong and others). Gitovich was born in Smolensk and studied at Leningrad State University. He participated to the Great Patriotic War.
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He died in Komarovo, Saint Petersburg, and was buried there, not far from his friend Anna Akhmatova's grave.
Alexander Gitovich studied at Saint Petersburg State University. The recorded working language is Russian. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class and Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
• Мы входим в Пишпек, 1931 • Фронтовые стихи, 1943 • Стихи военного корреспондента, 1947 • Стихи о Корее, 1950 • Под звездами Азии, 1955 • Пиры в Армении, 1968 • Мы видели Корею, 1948 (в соавторстве с Б.Бурсовым)
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Alexander Gitovich was born at Smolensk.
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