Mikhail Sholokhov

Herman Ermolaev (William Paterson University)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

Born 24 May 1905
Died 21 Jan 1984
Activity 1923-1984

Places

Born in Russia
Active in Russia

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Story-writer

Resources

Sholokhov's Works

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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov was born 24 May 1905 in the village of Kruzhilin in the Don Cossack Military Region. Around 1850 his grandfather Mikhail, a merchant from the Riazan’ Province, came to the Upper Don area. He settled in the

stanitsa

(large Cossack village) Veshenskaia. One of his children was Aleksandr (born in 1865), the future father of the writer. His prime occupation was trade. Sholokhov’s mother, Anastasiia Chernikova, of Ukrainian peasant descent, was born in 1871 in the village of Iasenovka, near Kruzhilin. Aleksandr Sholokhov met Anastasiia at the estate of a Don landowner where she served as a maid. Close relations developed between them. After learning that Anastasiia was expecting his child, Aleksandr took her to Kruzhilin. There she gave birth to Mikhail.…

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Citation: Ermolaev, Herman. "Mikhail Sholokhov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 September 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4062, accessed 22 November 2024.]