(Russian edition)
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(A novel of Russia written by Nikolai Virta, translated in...)
A novel of Russia written by Nikolai Virta, translated into English by Olga Shartse and designed by A. Goncharov.
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1950
Nikolai Yevgenyevich Virta (real surname Karelsky) was born on December 6, 1906 in Kalikino village, Tambov District, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kalikino village, Tambov, Tambovskaya oblast, Russian Federation) into the family of a village priest who was shot in 1921 as a supporter of Aleksandr Antonov.
From 1923 he worked as a reporter for newspapers and radio, and from 1930 he lived in Moscow.
He won fame with his 1935 novel Odinochestvo (Alone), which he used as the basis for his play Zemlya (Earth, 1937). He was awarded the Stalin Prize for the novel in 1941, as he was for his plays Khleb nash nashushchny (Our Daily Bread) in 1948 and Zagovor obrechennykh (Conspiracy of the Condemned, a "virulently anti-American drama") in 1949 and for his script for the film Stalingradskaya bitva (The battle of Stalingrad) in 1950. He later turned his 1956 novel Krutye gory (Steep Hills) into the play Dali dal'nye, ne oglyadnye (1957).
In 1943 Joseph Stalin decided to allow publication of the Bible in Russia, and Virta was chosen as the censor for the project. He decided there were no deviations from Communist ideology and passed it without alteration. In 1954, as the result of a scandal, he was excluded from the Writers' Union, but he was reinstated in 1956.
A literary evening with the participation of Virta was held at the Voronezh Officers' Club on October, 1936. It was dedicated to the discussion of the novel «Odinochestvo».
On July, 1939 was a premier of his play «Zagovor» at the local drama theater.
(A novel of Russia written by Nikolai Virta, translated in...)
1950(Russian edition)
1949(Russian edition)
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Union of Writers
Quotes from others about the person
Kornei Chukovsky described Virta as follows in his diary entry for October 19, 1941: "But morally suspect as he is, there is something endearing about him: he hasn't read a thing and doesn't care for poetry, music, or nature, yet he is hardworking, tireless in his machinations (and not only when they're for his own good), not without literary ability (some of his newspaper reports are very well written). It's just that he's a predatory type by nature. He adores things-fancy clothes, fine furniture, rich food-and power."
