Viktor Astafyev
1924
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2001
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genre: novel, short novel
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
occupation: screenwriter, writer, essayist, playwright
award received: Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "For Courage", Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", 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 "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", 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", Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class, USSR State Prize, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Pushkin Prize
Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev (Russian: Ви́ктор Петро́вич Аста́фьев; 1 May 1924 – 29 November 2001), was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. He was recognized with the title Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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