Valentin Rasputin

Valentin Rasputin
Rasputin in 2011
Rasputin in 2011
BornValentin Grigoryevich Rasputin
(1937-03-15)15 March 1937
Ust-Uda, East Siberian Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died14 March 2015(2015-03-14) (aged 77)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materIrkutsk State University
GenreFiction
Years active1966–2015
Notable worksFarewell to Matyora

Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin (/ræˈspjtɪn/;[1] Russian: Валентин Григорьевич Распутин; 15 March 1937 – 14 March 2015) was a Soviet and Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life, addressing complex questions of ethics and spiritual revival.