Mikhail Sholokhov - pisatel s mirovym imenem, laureat Nobelevskoi premii po literature Ð"«za khudozhestvennuiu silu i tcelnost eposa o Donskom kazachestve v perelomnoe dlia Rossii vremiaÐ"» (1965 god). Nashumevshii roman "Tikhii Don" prines pisateliu mirovuiu slavu i liubov chitatelei, kotorye uzhe bolee poluveka zachityvaiutsia uvlekatelnym povestvovaniem o zhizni donskogo kazachestva, ikh nravakh i nastoiashchei liubvi, kotoraia idet ruka ob ruku so smertiu i vechnostiu.