Mark Fradkin

Mark Fradkin
Марк Фрадкин
Born(1914-05-04)May 4, 1914
Vitebsk, Russian Empire (present-day Belarus)
DiedApril 4, 1990(1990-04-04) (aged 75)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
Alma materLeningrad Theatre Institute
Occupation(s)Composer, songwriter, memoirist
Years active1940s–1990
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR (1985)
USSR State Prize (1979)

Mark Grigoryevich Fradkin (May 4, 1914  April 4, 1990) was a Soviet composer, author of numerous popular songs (many of which were co-written with poet Yevgeny Dolmatovsky) and musical scores for forty films. In 1979, Mark Fradkin received the USSR State Prize and, in 1985, he was granted the status of the People’s Artist of the USSR.