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MIKHALIKOV, Sergei Vladimirovich (b. 1913). Dyady

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Manuscript of this writer's most famous poem written entirely in his hand in purple ink. 3 pp. 4to (300 x 205 mm). Signed twice and dated September 5, 1938. Provenance: Fekula 5548. manuscript of the popular children's poem first published in 1936. "Uncle Steve" is a friendly policemen who became a symbol of Soviet social and political education. In addition to many other children's books, plays and poems, Mikhalkov is the author of the lyrics for the Soviet national anthem in 1944. (He recently reworked them for the Russian Federation.) He became Secretary of the Soviet Writers Union and was reportedly Stalin's favorite living poet. In 2003, President Vladimir Putin visited Mikhalikov in recognition of his 90th birthday. Pravda hailed him as "the patriarch of modern Russian literature and prominent cultural figure." His son is the movie actor and director Nikita Mikhalkov, who won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film for Burnt By the Sun.

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