Vyacheslav Rybakov | |
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| Born | 19 January 1954 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Nationality | Soviet-Russian |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
Vyacheslav Rybakov (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Рыбаков; born January 1954 in Leningrad), is a Russian science fiction author and an orientalist, interested in the medieval bureaucracy of China. He is a frequent collaborator with science fiction director Konstantin Lopushansky. Screenwriting for his films The Ugly Swans, based on the 1972 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. As well as Dead Man's Letters in 1986, which he would later receive a Governmental Award of the RSFSR for the screenplay in 1987 after its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.