Frontline writers are a whole generation of true patriots of the country, who relied in their books on real events and oftentimes on their own frontline experience.
A great contribution to the development of Soviet prose and poetry was made by writers who entered the great literature in the late 1950s – early 1960s. These include such authors as K. Vanshenkin, E. Vinokurov, E. Nosov and P. Todorovsky.
Konstantin Vanshenkin (1925–2012) was a Soviet and Russian poet, a Winner of the State Prize of the USSR (1985) and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001). He is the author of the novels Army Youth, Avdyushin and Egorychev, Big Fires, The Decanter with a Rooster, and short stories. In total, K. Vanshenkin published more than three dozen books of poetry and prose. He wrote the lyrics of popular songs I Love You, Life, Alyosha, the Waltz of Parting, Zhenka, There's Not Enough Light Behind the Window, How to See Off the Steamers, I'm in a Hurry, Excuse Me, Poplars, Nonflying Weather, etc.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Konstantin Vanshenkin against the background of an illustration for the writer's poem Spring.
Evgeny Vinokurov (1925–1993) was a Russian Soviet poet, a translator and an educator, a Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1987), a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. His first poems were published in 1948 in the Smena magazine. He is the author of poems and collections Poems about Duty, Sergezhka from Malaya Bronnaya, Blue Expanse, Genesis, Hypostasis and others.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Evgeny Vinokurov against the background of an illustration for the writer's poem Moscovites.
Evgeny Nosov (1925–2002) was a Russian and Soviet writer, a graphic artist, a Hero of Socialist Labor (1990), a Holder of two Orders of Lenin (1984, 1990), a Winner of the Gorky State Prize of the RSFSR (1975) a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. He was included into editorial boards of magazines Nash Sovremennik, Podyom and Roman-Gazeta. E. Nosov is the author of short stories Rainbow, On the fishing trail, A Doll, Where the sun wakes up, Red wine of Victory, the novel Usvyatsk Helmet-Bearers, the essay I will get off at the distant station and others.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Evgeny Nosov against the background of an illustration for the writer's novel Usvyatsk Helmet-Bearers.
Pyotr Todorovsky (1925–2013) was a Soviet and Russian screenwriter, a film director, a cameraman, a composer, an actor, a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985), an Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR (1967), a Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996) and the Nika Film Award (1993, 2004). He was an Oscar nominee (1985) in the category Best Foreign Language Film for his film Wartime Romance (1983). Pyotr Todorovsky is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. He made his feature film debut with the film Moldavian Tunes. As an actor, he starred in the films It Was in May and The Morass. The military theme is a special one in the film director's work. His poignant films Wartime Romance, In the Constellation of the Bull and Riorita are dedicated to it.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Pyotr Todorovsky against the background of an illustration for the film In the Distant Forty-Fifth... Meetings on the Elbe based on his screenplay.
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Comb 11¼ |
35 × 35 mm |
94 × 95 mm |
18 thousand sheets |