Leonid Martynov
Leonid Nikolayevich Martynov was a Soviet poet, journalist and translator. Laureate of three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour and a USSR State Prize.
Career
Between 1939 and 1945 he published three books of poetry, but only became better known after the death of Stalin. From 1955, his poems began to be published widely in magazines and in book form.His style is of the old school of the 1920s, with many local references to Siberia.