Boris Gorbatov (1908–1954) was a

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novelist. Born in the

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region in Ukraine, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18 and joined the Communist Party in 1930. He was a military correspondent during World War Two.

Legacy

Gorbatov is best known for his novels ''Donbass'' and ''Taras' Family'', both of which were translated into

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, the latter also into

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and

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.''Die Unbeugsamen; Die Familie des Taras'', Neuer Verlag, Stockholm, 1944 The latter novel was filmed in 1945 (see

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) and was the first film depicting The Holocaust.

Awards

He was a recipient of the Stalin Prize.

Personal life

He was married to the actress

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and then the actress Nina Arkhipova. He died in 1954 and is buried in

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References

1908 births 1954 deaths People from Sokolohirsk Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Soviet novelists {{USSR-bio-stub