Mikhail Sholokhov
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Шолохов, IPA: [ˈʂoləxəf]; 24 May [O.S. 11 May] 1905 – 21 February 1984) was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Russian Revolution, the civil war and the period of collectivization, primarily in his most famous novel, And Quiet Flows the Don.
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Sholokhov in 1960 | |
| Born | 24 May 1905 Vyoshenskaya, Donetsky district, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 21 February 1984 (aged 78) Vyoshenskaya, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1965 Lenin Prize 1960 Stalin Prize 1941 |
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