Alexander Yashin

Alexander Yashin studied at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are verse, narrative poetry and short novel. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star and Medal "For Battle Merit".

• Birth Name — Alexander Yakovlevich Yashin • Born — 27 March 1913 • Birthplace — Bludnovo, Nikolsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 11 July 1968 • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union • Notable Works — Levers A Feast of Rowanberries

Yashin was born in the northern Russian village of Bludnovo, Nikolsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, to a poor peasant family. He finished a teachers' training college course and spent some time teaching in a village school. His first poems were published in various district newspapers between 1928 and 1929. His first book of poetry came out in 1934 in Arkhangelsk. In the late 1930s he studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow where his book of poems, The Northern Maiden, was published in 1938. His long poem, Mother, followed in 1940.

During World War II, Yashin was a naval war correspondent. He served with marine battalions during the Siege of Leningrad, with the Volga Fleet at Stalingrad, and with the Black Sea Fleet. After the war he travelled back to the northern villages of his youth, staying with the builders at new construction sites and with the pioneers developing the virgin lands of Altay. His impressions are reflected in the numerous poetry collections he published in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. He began writing prose in the early 1960s. His best known stories were A Feast of Rowanberries and A Vologda Wedding. He died in Moscow in 1968.

• Levers, Fifty Years of Russian Prose, Vol 2, M.I.T. Press, 1971. • A Feast of Rowanberries, Anthology of Soviet Short Stories, Vol 1, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1976.

Alexander Yashin is recorded with the occupation short story writer. Recorded with the occupation editing staff. Classed in the genre narrative poetry. Classed in the genre short novel. Classed in the genre verse. Recorded as poet, editing staff, journalist, war correspondent and writer. Identity and origins. He also worked under the name Яшин. The authorities additionally record the heading Alexander Yakovlevich Yashin. His recorded language was Russian.