Oleksandr Korniychuk
Soviet playwright and public servant (1905–1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oleksandr Yevdokymovych Korniychuk[1][2] (Russian: Алекса́ндр Евдоки́мович Корнейчу́к; Ukrainian: Олександр Євдокимович Корнійчук; 25 May [O.S. 12 May] 1905 – 14 May 1972) was a Soviet and Ukrainian playwright, literary critic and state official.
Oleksandr Korniychuk | |
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Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR | |
In office 1947–1953 | |
Preceded by | Vacant (previously Mykhailo Burmystenko) |
Succeeded by | Pavlo Tychyna |
In office 1959–1972 | |
Preceded by | Pavlo Tychyna |
Succeeded by | Mykhailo Bilyi |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR | |
In office 1944–1944 | |
Premier | Nikita Khrushchev |
Preceded by | vacant (previously by Christian Rakovsky) |
Succeeded by | Dmytro Manuilsky |
Personal details | |
Born | (1905-05-25)25 May 1905 Khrystynivka, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 14 May 1972(1972-05-14) (aged 66) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Occupation | playwright Soviet Party and State official |
Awards | Stalin Prize (1941, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1951) |
His plays include The Death of the Squadron (1933),[3] Platon Krechet (1934), Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1938), his pro-collectivization comedy In the Steppes of Ukraine (1940), and The Front (1942).[4] Korniychuk was a five-time Stalin Prize laureate (1941; 1942; 1943; 1949; 1951) and is regarded as a major proponent of Socialist Realism in Soviet drama.
Korniychuk served as the head of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR from 1943 to 1945.[5] He was also a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1952–1972), and the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1947–1953; 1959–1972).[6][7]