Robert Conquest | |
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Born | George Robert Acworth Conquest 15 July 1917 Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England |
Died | 3 August 2015 Stanford, California, U.S. | (aged 98)
Occupation | Historian, poet |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | American |
Education | Winchester College |
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Notable works | |
Notable awards | See below |
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Children | 3 |
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George Robert Acworth Conquest CMG OBE FBA FRSL (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British-American historian, poet, and novelist.[1] He was briefly a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain but later wrote several books against Communism.
A long-time research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Conquest was most notable for his work on the Soviet Union. His books included The Great Terror: Stalin's Purges of the 1930s (1968); The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-Famine (1986); and Stalin: Breaker of Nations (1991). He was also the author of two novels and several collections of poetry.