Vadym Mykolayovych Sobko (Ukrainian: Вадим Миколайович Собко; 18 May [O.S. 5 May] 1912, Moscow – 12 September 1981, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer, screenwriter and dramatist.[1] His 1950 novel, Guarantee of Peace, was an early example of Cold War-era anti-American propaganda and was awarded the Stalin Prize (1951).[2] He also received an Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour, two Orders of the Red Star, and a Shevchenko National Prize.

He wrote the screenplay of the 1962 drama film Flower on the Stone.

References

  1. ^ Z͡Hadʹko, Viktor (2005). Український некрополь: історичний науковий довідник (in Ukrainian). СПД "Жадько В.О.". pp. 294–295. ISBN 978-966-8567-01-8.
  2. ^ Hooker, Mark T. (1996). The Military Uses of Literature: Fiction and the Armed Forces in the Soviet Union. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 41–55. ISBN 978-0-275-95563-2.
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