Viktor Likhonosov
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Born | Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 30 April 1936
Died | 9 August 2021 Krasnodar, Russia | (aged 85)
Nationality | Russian |
Genre | fiction, memoirs, essays |
Notable works | Unwritten Memoirs: Our Little Paris (1986) |
Notable awards | Russian State Prize (1988) |
Viktor Ivanovich Likhonosov (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Лихоно́сов, 30 April 1936 – 9 August 2021) was a Soviet, Russian writer, laureate of the Russian State Prize (1988), the International Mikhail Sholokhov prize and the first Yasnaya Polyana award (2003).
Biography[]
Likhonosov was born in Topki, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union. In the 1960s he was part of the Village Prose movement, and was supported by Alexander Tvardovsky who published his debut stories in Novy mir, claiming their author to be 'a Soviet heir to Ivan Bunin'. In the mid-1970s, through Yuri Kazakov, Likhonosov met Boris Zaitsev and Georgy Adamovich and became deeply involved in researching the history of Russian emigration. Unwritten Memoirs: Our Little Paris, a 1986 novel dealing with the modern history of Russian Cossacks abroad, is seen as his major work. Likhonosov lived in Krasnodar where he edited the literary magazine Rodnaya Kubanh.[1][2] He died in Krasnodar on 9 August 2021 at the age of 85 of COVID-19, his wife had died 10 days prior.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Виктор Иванович Лихоносов". Russian Wruters and Poets. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Виктор Иванович Лихоносов". www.krasnodar.ru. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Умер легендарный российский писатель Виктор Лихоносов". kubnews.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- 1936 births
- 2021 deaths
- 20th-century Russian writers
- Russian male essayists
- People from Kemerovo
- Russian male novelists
- Russian magazine editors
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russian writer stubs