What is Vladimir Makanin?
[[File:Vladimir Makanin.jpg|thumbnail|Vladimir Makanin in [[Bilbao]], 2011]] '''Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin''' ({{Lang-ru|Владимир Семёнович Маканин}}; 13 March 1937 &ndash; 1 November 2017) was a Russian writer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pekar|first=Harvey|title=Russian Escape Artist|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.10.96/books-9641.html|access-date=26 December 2010|newspaper=[[Metro Silicon Valley]]|date=10 October 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Leibs|first=Scott|title=His 'Loss', Our Gain: Three works from Vladimir Makanin showcase a little-known talent|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/access/1244269171.html?dids=1244269171:1244269171&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+09,+1998&author=Scott+Leibs&pub=The+San+Diego+Union+-+Tribune&desc=HIS+`LOSS,'+OUR+GAIN+{{!}}+Three+works+from+Vladimir+Makanin+showcase+a+little-known+talent&pqatl=google|access-date=26 December 2010|newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=9 August 1998}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was born in [[Orsk]], [[Soviet Union]]. In 1963 he took a course in script-writing, and then worked in the publishing house ''[[Sovietskiy Pisatel]]'' (''The Soviet Writer''). Makanin's writing style may be categorized as [[Literary realism|realist]]. In 2012, he won the [[European Prize for Literature]]. He was specialized in short stories and novels. Makanin died on 1 November 2017 in [[Krasny]], Russia at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20171102/1508075541.html|title=Умер писатель Владимир Маканин|date=2 November 2017|website=РИА Новости}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of Russian-language novelists]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Makanin, Vladimir}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Russian novelists]] [[Category:Short story writers]] {{bio-stub}}