Vadim Shefner
1914
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2002
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
occupation: poet, science fiction writer, writer
award received: Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Pushkin Prize, Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Vadim Sergeevich Shefner (Russian: Вади́м Серге́евич Ше́фнер); (December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915) - January 5, 2002) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who started publishing poetry in 1936. His first poetry collection was published in 1940. He turned to humorous and philosophical science fiction in the early 1960s, but continued publishing non-genre fiction and poetry. English translation of on of his poems: Source: Wikipedia (en)
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