Aleksandr Tvardovsky
Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky was a Soviet poet and writer and chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine from 1950 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970. During his editorship, the magazine published One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He is best known for his epic poem Vasili Tyorkin.
21 June 1910
Born on the same birth day (21 June): Ewen McKenzie • Flavio Roma • Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician) • John Paul Young • Julio Ruelas • Matt Kuchar • Min (South Korean singer) • Motoori Norinaga
Born in the same month (June 1910): Abe Fortas • Avon Long • Bill King (Royal Navy officer) • Burgess Whitehead • Carmine Coppola • Fernand Fonssagrives • Jacques Cousteau • Jean Anouilh • John Hunt, Baron Hunt • Milt Hinton • Robert Cummings • Sydney Allard