Aleksandr Tvardovsky was born on June 21, 1910 in Zagorye, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Smolensk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Smerti net rebyata (1971),
Pechniki (1982) and
Vasiliy Tyorkin (1973). He was married to Maria Illarionovna Gorelova. He died on December 18, 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].