Yury Trifonov | |
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| Born | 28 August 1925 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 28 March 1981 (aged 55) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Notable works | The House on the Embankment The Impatient Ones The Old Man |
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Yury Valentinovich Trifonov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Трифонов; 28 August 1925 – 28 March 1981) was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose". He was considered a close contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981.[1][2]