Background
PAVLENKO, Pyotr was born on June 29, 1899 in St. Petersburg.
PAVLENKO, Pyotr was born on June 29, 1899 in St. Petersburg.
1917 graduate Tiflis college.
1920 political officer, then comissar in Red Army. After demobilization carried out Party work in Transcaucasia and served on ed staff of newspapers “Krasnyy voin" arid “Zarya Vostoka” in Tiflis. 1924-1927 secretary, Soviet trade mission in Turkey and correspondent for “Zarya Vostoka” and Odessa “Izvestia”.
From 1928 worked for journal “Krasnaya nov’” in Moscow and was member, “Pereval” (The Pass) lit group. 1930 toured Centr Asia with group of writers. In 1930’s chiel ed, journal “Tridtsat’ dney” and almanach “Druzhba narodov”.
Visited Far East; war correspondent in Soviet-Finnish War and World War 2 and correspondent for “Pravda” and “Krasnaya zvezda”. Wounded, contracted tuberculosis and was discharged from army. 1945-1951 secretary, Crimean Writers’ Union.
Ed, alsmanach “Krym”. From 1947 member, editorial board, journal “Znamya”. 1947 visited America and Europe.
Deputy, USSR Supreme Soviet of 1950 convocation.
Communist Party member from 1920.