GITOVICH Alexander Ilyich

(1.III.1909, Smolensk - 9.YIII.1966, Leningrad)
Began to publish while still a schoolboy in the Smolensk newspapers "Work Path" and "Young comrade. In 1927, Mr.. admitted as a member of Smolensk Association of Proletarian Writers (SAPP). Soon he left for Leningrad. Studied at the Faculty of Geography LSU. Nearly 20 years have given translations of classic and contemporary poets of Korea and China.

Vol.: We enter the Pishpek, 1931; Frontline verses 1943; Verses war correspondent, 1947; Poems of Korea, 1950; Under the Stars of Asia, 1955; feasts in Armenia, 1968; We have seen Korea, 1948 (co-authored with B. Bursovym ) etc.

Lit.: Claix. - V.2; Hrenkov Au. Alexander Gitovich. - L., 1969; Trofimov and. Writers Smolensk. - M., 1973.