Valentin Rasputin
Soviet and Russian writer (1937-2015)
Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin (Russian: Валентин Григорьевич Распутин; 15 March 1937 – 14 March 2015) was a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia.
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| Born | 15 March 1937 Atalanka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 14 March 2015 (aged 77) Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | Irkutsk State University |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Farewell to Matyora |
Rasputin's works show rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life. Rasputin's work are about the hard questions of ethics and spiritual revival.
Rasputin died a day short of his 78th birthday on 14 March 2015 in Moscow.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Умер писатель Валентин Распутин". Lenta. 15 March 2015.
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