Aleksandr Misharin | |
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| Born | Aleksandr Misharin 6 April 1939 |
| Died | 13 April 2008 (aged 69) |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, playwright, writer |
| Years active | 1959—2008 |
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Misharin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Мишарин), also known in English as Alexander Misharin (born 6 April 1939 — died 13 April 2008), was a Soviet - Russian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, actor and senior editor of Russian periodicals.[1] An Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2000), he was a close friend of Andrei Tarkovsky with whom he wrote several screenplays, including Tarkovsky's celebrated masterpiece Mirror.