Rasputin, Valentin Gritobevich

Soviet and Russian writers. A peasant family born in Siberia. 1959 graduated from the Department of Literature and History of Irkutsk University. Editor in Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk Youth Daily. 196 1 year, the short story "I forgot to ask Liushka" was first published in the literary collection "Angara River" in Siberia. 1966 published a collection of short stories, horizon in the distance and bonfire in new town. Most of the works are based on rural life in Siberia, with delicate psychological description, fresh style, lyrical and philosophical. The famous book Maria Borrows Money is about the protagonist running around to borrow money and hitting a wall everywhere, which reflects the indifferent relationship between people in real life. The novella "Live, Remember" published in 1974, through the complicated inner activities of a rural woman caused by her husband's desertion, discusses the question of why a person is alive, which has aroused widespread concern and won the 1977 Soviet State Award. Other works include novella The Deadline and Farewell to the Village of Machola.