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Grigoriy KonovalovRussian Soviet prose writer. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1930.
Date of Birth: 18.09.1908
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Content:
- Childhood and Early Life
- Education and Party Membership
- Teaching and Military Service
- Literary Career
- Awards and Honors
- Order of Lenin
Childhood and Early Life
Valentin Mikhailovich Lipatov was born on September 18, 1908 (October 1), in the village of Bogolyubovka, now part of the Sorochinsky district of the Orenburg region. He was born into a peasant family and worked as a farm laborer. In 1926, he began working at the Perm industrial plant. From 1928 to 1931, he studied at the workers' faculty in Perm.
Education and Party Membership
In 1936, Lipatov graduated from the Perm Pedagogical Institute and continued his education at the Institute of Communist Education in Moscow. He had been a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) since 1930.
Teaching and Military Service
From 1940 to 1941, Lipatov taught Russian literature at the Ulyanovsk Pedagogical Institute. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Fleet. After the war, he returned to teaching in Ulyanovsk, where he worked until 1957. He then moved to Saratov.
Literary Career
Lipatov began writing in 1927. He authored novels, including "University," and short stories, which were published in the collection "Blade of Grass in the Field." He served on the board of the Union of Soviet Writers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from 1958 to 1965 and again from 1970 onward.
Awards and Honors
Lipatov received the following awards and honors:State Prize of the RSFSR named after Maxim Gorky (1969) for his novel "Origins" (1959-1967)
Order of Lenin
Order of the October RevolutionOrder of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree (1985)
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1968)
Order of the Red Star (1945)
Death and Legacy
Valentin Lipatov passed away on April 17, 1987, in Saratov. He was buried in the Yelshan cemetery.
