Boris Vasilyev | |
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| Born | Boris Lvovich Vasilyev 21 May 1924 Smolensk, Soviet Union |
| Died | 11 March 2013 (aged 88)[1] Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1958–2013 |
| Spouse | Zorya Albertovna Vasilyeva |
| Awards | Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage |
Boris Lvovich Vasilyev (Russian: Борис Львович Васильев; 21 May 1924 – 11 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter. He is considered the last representative of the so-called lieutenant prose, a group of former low-ranking Soviet officers who dramatized their traumatic World War II experience.
- ^ "Russia's Soviet-era war novelist Boris Vasilyev dies aged 88: Voice of Russia". 21 May 1924. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.