Boris Gorbatov

Boris Gorbatov was a Soviet novelist. Born in the Donbas region in Ukraine, he moved to Moscow at the age of 18 and joined the Communist Party in 1930. He was a military correspondent during World War Two.

Legacy

Gorbatov is best known for his novels Donbass and Taras' Family, both of which were translated into English,the latter also into French and German. The latter novel was filmed in 1945 and was the first film depicting The Holocaust.

Awards

He was a recipient of the Stalin Prize.

Personal life

He was married to the actress Tatiana Okunevskaya and then the actress Nina Arkhipova. He died in 1954 and is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.