Vladimir Makanin

1937 - 2017

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: prose

country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia

languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

educated at: MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors

occupation: mathematician, writer, prosaist

award received: Pushkin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour, Russian Booker Prize, European Prize for Literature

official website: makanin.com

Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Маканин; 13 March 1937 in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union – 1 November 2017 in Krasny, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia) was a Russian writer of novels and short stories. Source: Wikipedia (en)