伊里亚·格利戈里耶维奇·爱伦堡的名字早为中国人民所熟知了。一九五一年秋天他和智利诗人聂鲁达一起访问新中国,曾受到广大中国人民的热烈欢迎,进一步巩固了中苏两国人民兄弟般的友情。我们有千千万万的读者都喜爱爱伦堡的小说,尤其是喜爱他那些热情的、富於战斗性的政论。他不仅是作家,同时也是卓越的和平斗士。爱伦堡的全部活动,是和保卫和平的事业分不开的。保卫和平民主,反对侵略战争,揭发与打击战争贩子,这就是他全部作品的基本内容。他是社会主义的人道主义者,我们从他的作品中可以看到他对於人类的热爱,对於德国式或美国式法西斯主义的强烈憎恨,对於资产阶级的罪恶的无情揭发。他大声疾呼保卫人类的进步文化,不辞 The name of Ilia Gregorjeyevich Alenberg is well known to the Chinese people. In the autumn of 1951, he and Neruda, the Chilean poet, visited New China with the warm welcome of the vast majority of Chinese people, further consolidating the fraternal friendship between the two peoples. We have thousands of readers who love Ehrenburg’s novels, especially those who love his passionate and combat-friendly politics. He is not only a writer, but also an outstanding peace fighter. All of Ehrenburg’s activities are inseparable from the cause of peace. To defend peace and democracy, oppose the war of aggression and expose and crack down on war dealers are the basic contents of all his works. He is a socialist humanitarian. From his works, we can see his love of mankind, his strong hatred of German-American or American fascism and the callous revelation of bourgeois sin. He cried out to defend the progressive culture of mankind, without hesitation