Background
IVANOV, Vsevolod was born on February 24, 1895 in village Lebyazh’yc, Scmipalatinsk Province.
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Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich IVANOV
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Education
Attended Pavlodar Agriculture School.
Career
When he was a child Vsevolod ran away to become a clown in a travelling circus. His first story, published in 1915, caught the attention of Maxim Gorky, who advised Vsevolod throughout his career. Ivanov joined the Red Army during the Civil War and fought in Siberia.
This inspired his short stories, Partisans (1921) and Armoured Train (1922).
In 1922 Ivanov joined the literary group Serapion Brothers. Other members included Nikolay Tikhonov, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Victor Shklovsky, Veniamin Kaverin and Konstantin Fedin.
Ivanov"s first novels, Colored Winds (1922) and Azure Sands (1923), were set in Asiatic part of Russia and gave rise to the genre of ostern in Soviet literature. His novella Baby was acclaimed by Edmund Wilson as the finest Soviet short story ever.
In 1927 Ivanov rewrote his short story, the Armoured Train 14-69 into a play.
This time, the play highlighted the role of the Bolsheviks in the Civil War. Among his later works are the Adventures of a Fakir (1935) and The Taking of Berlin (1945). During the Second World War, Ivanov worked as a war correspondent for Izvestia.
Vsevolod"s son Vyacheslav Ivanov became one of the leading philologists and Indo-Europeanists of the late 20th century.
Emmanuil"s name was changed to "Mikhail Ivanov" and he later became a noted artist.
Membership
Board member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Writers’ Union from 1959.
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Political Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union