Semyon Gudzenko
Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko (born Sario Gudzenko; 5 March 1922, in Kyiv – 2 December 1953, in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian poet of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, of the World War II generation. He is often compared with Pavel Kogan and Semen Kirsanov. He died from old war wounds as he himself predicted in one of his own poems.
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- Born
- 1922 · Kyiv.
- Died
- 1953 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- poet · journalist · war correspondent · writer
- Movements
- socialist realism
- Education
- Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and and History
- Honours
- Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Order of the Red Star · Order of the Patriotic War and 2nd class · Medal For the Defence of Moscow · Medal For the Capture of Budapest
- Languages
- Russian
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Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko (born Sario Gudzenko; 5 March 1922, in Kyiv – 2 December 1953, in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian poet of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, of the World War II generation. He is often compared with Pavel Kogan and Semen Kirsanov. He died from old war wounds as he himself predicted in one of his own poems.
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Gudzenko studied at the Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature during 1939–41. He developed as a poet during the years of the Great Patriotic War. His first anthology, Regiment Comrades (1944), sounded the courageous voice of an ordinary participant in great events, one who knows the harsh truth of war. The narrative poem The Remote Garrison(1950) tells of the everyday working life of the Soviet Army in peace time. Gudzenko is the author of the anthologies After the March (1947), Transcarpathian Verses (1948), and the cycle of poems Train to Tuva (1949). Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Medal "For the Capture of Budapest".
Semyon Gudzenko studied at Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History. The recorded working language is Russian. Distinctions recorded are Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class and Medal "For the Defence of Moscow".
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1922
Semyon Gudzenko born at Kyiv.
1953
Semyon Gudzenko died at Moscow.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko. His recorded language was Russian. He married Larisa Zhadova. Gudzenko received Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" and Medal "For the Capture of Budapest".
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