--- title: "4 Mikhail Sholokhov Quotes - Famous Writer (And Quiet Flows the Don)" description: "Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. Browse 4 Mikhail Sholokhov quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mikhail-sholokhov-68210.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mikhail Sholokhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mikhail-sholokhov-68210.jpg) # Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984) Writer Soviet Union **4** quotes in **72** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mikhail Sholokhov was a writer from the Soviet Union, best known for *And Quiet Flows the Don*. ## Quick Facts About Mikhail Sholokhov Born May 11, 1905 Died February 21, 1984 Nationality Soviet Union Profession Writer Notable works And Quiet Flows the Don Known for And Quiet Flows the Don, Tales of the Don, Fate of a Man, They Fought for their Country, The New Land Spouse Maria Petrovna Gromoslavskaia ## About Mikhail Sholokhov Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Russian Revolution, the civil war and the period of collectivization, primarily in his most famous novel, And Quiet Flows the Don. ## Awards & Honors Nobel Prize in Literature Lenin Prize Order of Lenin Hero of Socialist Labour Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Order of Sukhbaatar Medal "Veteran of Labour" Show 13 more awards Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Order of the October Revolution Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal Order of Georgi Dimitrov Alexander Fadeyev Medal Order of Cyril and Methodius Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class State Stalin Prize, 1st degree Grand Star of People's Friendship ## Quotes by Mikhail Sholokhov > [One might say that the novel is the genre that most predisposes one to a profound insight into the tremendous life around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-sholokhov/one-might-say-that-the-novel-is-the-genre-that-most-predisposes-one/) [Mikhail Sholokhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-sholokhov/) [Around](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/mikhail-sholokhov-66741_around_one-might-say-that-the-novel-is-the-genr_535777.jpg) > [In my opinion, the true pioneers are those artists who make manifest in their works the new content, the determining characteristics of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-sholokhov/in-my-opinion-the-true-pioneers-are-those-artists-who-make-manifest/) [Mikhail Sholokhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-sholokhov/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/mikhail-sholokhov-66741_art_in-my-opinion-the-true-pioneers-are-thos_590041.jpg) > [Vast sections of the world's population are inspired by the same desires and live for common interests that bind them together far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-sholokhov/vast-sections-of-the-world-s-population-are-inspired-by-the-same/) [Mikhail Sholokhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-sholokhov/) [Bind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/mikhail-sholokhov-66741_bind_vast-sections-of-the-world-s-population_650370.jpg) > [I am one of those authors who consider it their highest honour and their highest liberty to have a completely untrammelled chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-sholokhov/i-am-one-of-those-authors-who-consider-it-their-highest-honour-and/) [Mikhail Sholokhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-sholokhov/) [Am](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/am/) 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