Konstantin Simonov

Konstantin Simonov

Born

November 28, 1915

Died

August 28, 1979 (63 years old)

Known For

Writing

Place of Birth

Petrograd, Russian SFSR

Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill (Russian: Константин Михайлович Симонов, 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author and a war poet. He was a playwright and a wartime correspondent, most famous for his poem Wait for Me.