Vladimir Lichutin | |
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Born | Mezen, Mezensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast | March 13, 1940
Occupation | Novelist • essayist |
Nationality | Russian |
Citizenship | Russian Federation |
Literary movement | Village Prose |
Notable works | Raskol (1990-1996) |
Notable awards | Yasnaya Polyana Award (2009) The Bunin’s Award (2011) |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Lichutin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Личу́тин; born March 13, 1940, in Mezen, Mezensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, USSR) is a Soviet Russian writer, a major proponent of the derevenschiki movement of the late 20th century literature, best known for his Raskol (1990-1996) epic. Most of Lichutin's novels and novelets are based on the life of real people of the coastal White Sea areas of his native Pomorje region.[1][2]