Josef Stalin dog ju också 1953, men han har kanske inte skrivit så mycket intressant?
IIRC så existerade inte copyright i Sovjetunionen med lydstater, eftersom det var förbjudet med
privat egendom som gav ekonomisk avkastning. (Till skillnad från
personlig egendom som var prylar du köpt för egna pengar; sådana saker ägde du.)
Update: Jag har delvis fel i ovanstående utsaga, men Sovjetunionen hade sin egen syn på copyright:
[T]he exercise of copyright in the Soviet Union was subject to the rules of censorship and the literary controls, the press legislation, the laws on printing, publishing, and selling, and Party directives. In general, only authors of "socially useful" works could exploit their copyrights; on "useless works" such as Church hymns no economic rights could be enforced; and authors of undesirable works faced administrative, or social, or even penal sanctions.
[A]n author actually did not enjoy exclusive publishing rights on his works and could not publish his works himself, but was only entitled to receive remuneration if the official bodies approved the publication of a work