"A writer must be able to tell the reader the truth straightforwardly, no matter how bitter it may be," - Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian writer, journalist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize winner in literature, is sure. He adhered to this rule all his life and portrayed on the pages of books and TV screens the hard life of ordinary people in towns and villages of a large country.

Creativity of the famous novelist

The writer was born on 24 May 1905 on the farm Kruzhilinsky. The life of the Cossacks, everyday labour, military service, life on the expanses of the majestic Don forever remained in Sholokhov's heart. The future publicist studied in a parochial school, then in Bogucharovsky gymnasium. At a young age he began to compose poems, stories, humorous sketches. Since 1920 Sholokhov worked as a teacher for the elimination of illiteracy among adults on the farm Latyshev, then as a journalist of the Karginsky village council. After the Civil War and the struggle for Soviet power on the Don, the writer decided to move to Moscow. In 1924 the first "Don stories" are published, which did not bring popularity to the writer. Then Sholokhov plans to show all the vicissitudes of human life at the turn of history on the example of the life of the Don Cossacks. Work on "The Quiet Don", which gave the author world fame, continued until 1940. As a war correspondent during the Great Patriotic War, Sholokhov published essays and stories about the trials of the people and the state during the war years. The writer suffered two strokes and died of throat cancer on 21 February 1984. The novelist was left with four children.

Best works

Sholokhov is the voice of the people. The moral, spiritual and material life of the labouring Russian people appears in all its diversity in the works of the writer. He spent his numerous awards and prizes on the construction of schools. The works of the writer are among the best examples of world literature.

The most outstanding books of the classicist:

"The Fate of Man";

"The Quiet Don";

"Lifted virgin land";

"The Science of Hate";

"They Fought for the Motherland".

Sholokhov's work is an encyclopaedia of life in Soviet society. Having witnessed the Civil War, collectivisation and the Great Patriotic War, the writer strove for historical veracity. The suffering of the Russian people in wartime and the belief in a happy future during the stages of building a new state are objectively reflected in Mikhail Sholokhov's works.