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Yulian Semyonov
Russian writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yulian Semyonovich Semyonov (Russian: Юлиа́н Семёнович Семёнов, Russian pronunciation: [jʉlʲɪˈan sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ sʲɪˈmʲɵnəf]), pen-name of Yulian Semyonovich Lyandres (Russian: Ля́ндрес) (October 8, 1931 – September 15, 1993), was a Soviet and Russian novelist, screenwriter and poet. His works were mainly spy fiction and detective fiction. He was born in Moscow. His best known novel was Seventeen Moments of Spring.[1]
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Semyonov died on September 15, 1993 from a stroke in Moscow, aged 61.