num_pages: 1408
description: And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don (Тихий Дон, lit. "The Quiet Don") is 4-volume epic novel by Russian writer Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov. The 1st three volumes were written from 1925 to '32 &amp; published in the Soviet magazine October in 1928–32. The 4th volume was finished in 1940. The English translation of the 1st three volumes appeared under this title in 1934. The novel is considered one of the most significant works of Russian literature in the 20th century. It depicts the lives &amp; struggles of Don Cossacks during WWI, the Russian Revolution &amp; Russian Civil War. In 1965, Sholokhov was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The authorship of the novel is contested by some literary critics &amp; historians, who believe it wasn't entirely written by Sholokhov. However, following the discovery of the manuscript, the consensus is that the work is, in fact, Sholokhov’s.
language: English
title: And Quiet Flows the Don
titlecomplete: And Quiet Flows the Don
characters: Aksinja Astahova, Grigore Pantelejevic Melehov, Natalija Mironovna
genres: 20th Century, Russia, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 13317
series: Tikhiy Don
awards: awardedAt: -946742400000
name: Сталинская премия
category: Художественная проза (первая степень)
publisher: Dent