Konstantin Simonov
personal-info
known-for
Writing
gender
Male
birthday
1915-11-28
place-of-birth
Petrograd, Russian SFSR
also-known-as
Константин Симонов
Kirill Simonov
Кирилл Симонов
Константин Михайлович Симонов
biography
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill (Russian: Константин Михайлович Симонов, 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author and a war poet. He was a playwright and a wartime correspondent, most famous for his poem Wait for Me.