Valentin Rasputin
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Soviet and Russian writer (1937-2015)
Key facts
- Born
- Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin , ( 1937-03-15 ) 15 March 1937, Ust-Uda , East Siberian Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) (aged 77), Moscow , Russia
- Alma mater
- Irkutsk State University
- Genre
- Fiction
- Years active
- 1966–2015
- Notable works
- Farewell to Matyora
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Valentin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Ust'-Uda
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Educated at
- Irkutsk State University
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Award
- Order of Lenin
- Notable work
- Farewell to Matyora
- Field of work
- politics
- Genre
- essay
- Image
- Валентин Распутин.jpg
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- member of
- USSR Union of Writers
- name in native language
- Валентин Распутин
- date of birth
- 1937-03-15
- Commons category
- Valentin Rasputin
- date of death
- 2015-03-15
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- writing language
- Russian
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Valentin Rasputin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin (/ræˈspjuːtɪn/; Russian: Валентин Григорьевич Распутин; 15 March 1937 – 14 March 2015) was a Soviet and Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life, addressing complex questions of ethics and spiritual revival.
Biography
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