Aleksandr Tvardovsky

Aleksandr Tvardovsky

Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Три́фонович Твардо́вский; ; 21 June 1910 – 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet and writer, chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine from 1950 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970. His name has also been rendered in English as Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovski, Aleksandr Tvardovski, and Alexander Tvardovsky (though "Aleksandr Tvardovsky" is by far the most common spelling).