Valentin Rasputin

'Valentin Rasputin' (qv) was born on March 15, 1937 in village Atalanka, Ust-Udinsky District, East Siberian Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Irkutsk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for _Osobyy sluchay (1983)_ (qv), _Wassili und Wassilissa (1981)_ (qv) and _Farewell (1983)_ (qv). He was previously married to Svetlana. He died on March 14, 2015 in Moscow, Russia.::Anonymous