N. E. Virta
N.E. Virta wholly given to him to
close the peasant theme. He wrote the play "Our Daily Bread", and later the finishing touches on "Evening Bells". The novel "The steep mountains" (1956) was written after staying N.E.
Virta in the Tambov region. N.E. Virta paid much attention to the development of the literary life of the field: edit manuscripts by young authors, assisted in the publication of their works appeared in the local press with a review of the literature and reviews of new products.
Tambov village life is reflected in the stories of "Destiny", "Extra", "spoiled." This novel was awarded the Stalin Prize. A library-branch № 4 Tambov named with A. Novikov-Priboi.
A.S. Novikov-Priboi