Mikhail Sholokhov

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Sholokhov, Mikhail 1905–

Sholokhov is a Russian novelist. His greatest achievement, the monumental The Quiet Don, has long been the center of literary controversy. It is a saga of his own Don Cossack region during the chaotic decade of the Russian Revolution. Sholokhov was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for 1965. (See also CLC, Vol. 7.)

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Sholokhov and the Riddle of 'The Quiet Don'

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