Nikolai Ayik Seyevich ostrovsky, a Soviet writer, 1904 was born in a poor peasant family in Vilja village, Ukraine on September 29th. He ranked fifth and began to work as a child laborer at the age of 1 1. 19 19 joined the communist youth league and immediately took part in the civil war. 1923 to 1924 served as the leader of the Ukrainian border area of the Communist Youth League, and 1924 joined the Communist Youth League. His health was seriously damaged because of the long and arduous struggle. By 1927, his health had deteriorated sharply, but he never gave in and fought the disease with amazing perseverance. At the end of 1927, ostrovsky wrote a novella about the growth and heroic battle of kotov cavalry brigade in the struggle against the disease. Two months later, the novel was cancelled. He sealed the novel and asked his wife to send it to his comrades in kotov cavalry brigade in Odessa for advice. Comrades were full of praise for the novel. Unexpectedly, unfortunately, the only manuscript was lost by the post office when it was sent to a friend for review. This cruel blow did not break his strong will, but made him fight the disease more tenaciously.

1929 paralyzed and blind. 1930, based on his own combat experience, he began to write the novel "How Steel was Tempered" with tenacious will. The novel was a great success and was praised sincerely and enthusiastically by its contemporaries. 1934, ostrovsky was admitted as a member of the Soviet Writers Association. At the end of 1934, he started to write a "historical lyric hero story" about Kotovschi divisions (that is, The Birth of the Storm), but only finished the first one, and later generations finished it according to his ideas. At the end of 1935, the Soviet government awarded him the Lenin medal in recognition of his creative work and outstanding contribution in literature. 1936 65438+On February 22nd, ostrovsky died of a serious illness in Moscow.

The novel How Steel was Tempered describes all kinds of fierce contradictions and cruel struggles in the former Soviet Union from the October Revolution to economic construction for more than ten years, portrays a group of heroes with Paul as the core, shows the revolutionary ideals and revolutionary heroism of a generation of young people, and reveals that the value and significance of life lies in the theme of dedication. (This article is taken from Baidu Library)