Novelist, poet and playwright of the former Soviet Union. 1915438+065438+1was born in a Russian military officer's family on October 28th, and 1979 died on August 28th. Participated in the anti-fascist patriotic war. From 65438 to 0938, Gorky College of Literature devoted himself to literary creation after graduation. He used to be secretary of the Secretariat of the Soviet Writers Association, editor-in-chief of New World Monthly and editor-in-chief of Literary Newspaper. Simonov's famous work is the first drama "A Boy in Our City". His early works include poems "Wait for me" and "Kill him", and then he created "Russians" which showed the heroism of Russians in the Great Patriotic War. From 1943 to 1944, simonov completed the novella Day and Night, which described the Battle of Stalingrad. In addition, he wrote many poems during the Great Patriotic War. After 1950s, simonov devoted himself to the creation of war novels. Starting from 1959, it took 12 years to complete his masterpiece: trilogy novel of the living and the dead (part I, part II, unborn soldier, part III, last summer). The novel not only reflects the true content of the great historical event of the Great Patriotic War, but also has a subjective description that caters to some needs.