In 1970, Tvardovsky resigned from Novy Mir, although he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner "for services to the development of Soviet poetry" that same year and the State Prize for Literature in the year of his death, 1971, in Moscow.
År 1970 avgick Tvardovskij från Novy Mir, trots detta tilldelades han röda fanans orden "för tjänster i utvecklingen av Sovjetisk poesi" samma år, och statens litteraturpris år 1971 i Moskva.