What is Viktor Likhonosov?
[[File:Viktor Likhonosov.jpg|thumb|Viktor Likhonosov]] '''Viktor Ivanovich Likhonosov''' ({{lang-ru|Ви́ктор Ива́нович Лихоно́сов}}, 30 April 1936 &ndash; 9 August 2021) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-[[Russia|Russian]] novelist and editor. He won the [[Russian State Prize]] in 1988, the International [[Mikhail Sholokhov]] prize and the first [[Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award|Yasnaya Polyana award]] in 2003. Likhonosov was born in [[Kemerovo]], [[Soviet Union]]. He was known for his writings during the [[Village Prose]] movement. Likhonosov died in his home in [[Topki]], Russia from [[COVID-19]] on 9 August 2021 at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Умер легендарный российский писатель Виктор Лихоносов|url=https://kubnews.ru/obshchestvo/2021/08/09/umer-legendarnyy-rossiyskiy-pisatel-viktor-likhonosov/|access-date=10 August 2021|website=kubnews.ru|language=ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Likhonosov, Viktor Ivanovich}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia]] [[Category:Russian novelists]] [[Category:Soviet writers]] [[Category:Russian editors]] {{bio-stub}}