Valentin Rasputin
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Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin (/ræˈspjuːtɪn/;[1] 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.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Grigoriyevich and the family name is Rasputin.
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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 |
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