Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin (; 14 October 1938 – 1 September 2020) was a Soviet and Russian

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writer.

Biography

Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin was born in the city of

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on 14 October 1938. He received a degree in journalism from the

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. In the course of his studies, he started working at the newspaper "Evening Sverdlovsk", followed by several years in the periodical " Ural Pathfinder". Krapivin has been a full-time writer since 1965. His first book, ''The Voyage of Orion'' (Рейс "Ориона"), was printed by the

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in 1962. Over the course of his literary career, Krapivin became the author of more than 200 publications, many of which have been translated. In 1961 Vladislav Krapivin founded a youth group called "Caravel" with the main activities for the kids that of journalism, fencing, sailing and all things maritime. "Caravel" exists to this day, led by its former graduates. On 1 September 2020, Vladislav Krapivin died at the age of 81 in

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, where he had lived since 2013. He had been in hospital with pneumonia since 10 August, before his condition deteriorated.

Awards and honors

* Laureate of the

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; literary award ''

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''; the

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Award and many others. Orders:

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. Medals: "For Valiant Labor", awarded by ''VLKSM'' (''KomSoMol''). Honorary citizen of

. * Asteroid 407243 Krapivin, discovered by Timur Kryachko at the

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in 2009, was named in his honor. The official was published by the

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on 14 November 2016 ().

Bibliography

* "Meeting My Brother" * August, the Month of Winds, 1975, (Та сторона, где ветер, 1967)

References

External links

* (in Russian)
Vladislav Krapivin
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(in Russian)
Krapivin in Moshkov's Library
(in Russian)
Vladislav Krapivin: I Still Want to Write and not to Idle My Life Away
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