What is Valentin Kurbatov?
{{Infobox writer | name =Valentin Kurbatov | image = Valentin Kurbatov 2020-06-24.jpg | description = | birth_name = Валенти́н Я́ковлевич Курба́тов | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|09|29}} | birth_place = [[Novocheremshansk|Salvan]], [[Samara Oblast|Kuybyshev Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|03|06|1939|09|29}} | deatch_place = | nationality = [[Russian people|Russian]] | citizenship = [[Citizenship of Russia|Russian]] | occupation = Writer, Literary critic | period = | movement = [[Literary realism|Realism]] | genre = Novel, essay | alma_mater= [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography]] | language = Russian | notableworks = | awards = [[File:RusStatePrize.jpg|30px|link=State Prize of the Russian Federation]] [[File:Orden of Friendship.png|30px|link=Order of Friendship]] | website = }} '''Valentin Yakovlevich Kurbatov''' ({{lang-ru|Валенти́н Я́ковлевич Курба́тов}}) (29 September 1939 – 6 March 2021<ref>[https://pln-pskov.ru/society/407485.html В Пскове скончался член Союза писателей России Валентин Курбатов] {{in lang|ru}}</ref>) was a Russian literary critic and writer. He was a member of the [[Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award]], member of the [[Writers' Union of Russia]]. He was also member of the [[Public Chamber of Russia]] from 2010 to 2014 and member of the Presidential Council for Culture. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurbatov, Valentin}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Russian novelists]] [[Category:Literary critics]] {{bio-stub}}