Paustovsky, Konstantin Georgiyevich
- Paustovsky, Konstantin Georgiyevich
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▪ Soviet writer
born May 31 [May 19, Old Style], 1892, Moscow, Russia
died July 14, 1968, Moscow
Soviet fiction writer best known for his short stories, which carried the pre-Revolutionary romantic tradition into the Soviet period.
A descendant of Ukrainian Cossacks, Paustovsky attended school in Kiev, St. Petersburg, and Odessa. Before he began to write, he worked at various jobs; he also traveled a good deal, both in the Soviet Union and abroad.
He wrote novels, novellas, short stories, and historical and biographical fiction. The short novels
Kara-Bugaz (1932) and
Kolkhida (1934) brought him wide popularity. His works reveal a lyrical interest in nature and an intense curiosity about people; he has been described as one of the best craftsmen among the writers of the 1920s and '30s. His main work,
Povest o zhizni (1946–62;
The Story of a Life), published in several volumes, is an autobiographical cycle of reminiscences.
Because of his age and prestige, Paustovsky was able in the 1950s and '60s to act as defender and protector of other Soviet writers who had been subjected to various degrees of official criticism.
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