What is Vladislav Krapivin?
[[File:Krapivin 2006.jpg|thumb|Vladislav Krapivin in 2006]] '''Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin''' ({{lang-ru|Владислав Петрович Крапивин}}; 14 October 1938 – 1 September 2020) was a Russian [[Children's literature|children's books]] writer. He was born in [[Tyumen]], then-[[Soviet Union]]. He began working for ''[[Uralsky Sledopyt|Ural Pathfinder]]'' newspapers. Many of his books were published by [[Sverdlovsk Publishing House]]. His best known books were ''Meet My Brother'' (1968) and ''August: The Month of the Winds'' (1975). Krapivin was hospitalized for [[pneumonia]] on 10 August 2020 in [[Yekaterinburg]], [[Russia]]. He died on 1 September 2020, aged 81.<ref>[https://tass.ru/obschestvo/9337291 Умер писатель Владислав Крапивин] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Krapivin, Vladislav}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Russian novelists]] [[Category:Children's writers]] [[Category:Russian journalists]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] {{bio-stub}}