K. Simonov
Konstantin Simonov was a Russian/Soviet author. He was a well-known war poet who wrote a popular poem called "Wait for Me," about a soldier in the war asking his beloved to wait for his return. The po... Read more
Konstantin Simonov was a Russian/Soviet author. He was a well-known war poet who wrote a popular poem called "Wait for Me," about a soldier in the war asking his beloved to wait for his return. The poem was addressed to his future wife, the actress Valentina Serova. It was immensely popular at the time and remains one of the best-known poems in the Russian language. Simonov wrote many more poems to Valentina, subsequently included in the collection “With You and Without You.”