What is Vasily Zvyagintsev?
{{Infobox Person | name = Vasily Zvyagintsev | image = Zvyagintsev Vasiliy Dmitrievich 2006 11 23.jpg | birth_name = Василий Дмитриевич Звягинцев<br>Vasily Dmitrievich Zvyagintsev | birth_date = November 21, 1944 | birth_place = [[Grozny]], [[USSR]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|30|1944|11|21|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Stavropol]], [[Russia]] | alma_mater = [[Stavropol]] medical college | occupation = writer }} '''Vasily Dmitrievich Zvyagintsev''' ({{lang-ru|Василий Дмитриевич Звягинцев}}; November 21, 1944<ref>[http://www.litmir.co/a/?id=698 Василий Дмитриевич Звягинцев] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602081321/http://www.litmir.co/a/?id=698 |date=2016-06-02 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> &ndash; April 30, 2016) was a [[Russia]]n [[science fiction]] author. He was born in [[Grozny]]. He wrote his only novel series ''Odysseus leaves Ithaca'', set during [[World War II]]. The series was liked by literary critics. It contains more than 10 volumes. He won the [[Aelita Prize]], Interpesscon, А. R. Belyaev award and special international award [[Eurocon]].<ref>[http://fantasy-worlds.org/author/id404 Книги Василия Звягинцева] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> Zvyagintsev died on April 30, 2016 in [[Stavropol]], Russia from a [[heart attack]], aged 71.<ref>[http://www.mirf.ru/news/umer-pisatel-vasiliy-zvyagincev Умер писатель Василий Звягинцев] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zvyaginstev, Vasily}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:People from Chechnya]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Russian writers]] [[Category:Science fiction writers]]