| Birth Day | July 18, 1933 |
| Birth Place | Russia |
| Age | 87 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Apr 1, 2017 (age 83) |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
A Russian author, poet, actor, and Director, he is best known for Babiyy Yar, a political poem. His other notable works include Nasledniki Stalina (The Heirs of Stalin) and Stanciya Zima (Zima Station).
He was born into a family of Siberian peasants and had written his first poem by the time he was ten years old.
He played the lead role in the 1979 film Vzlyot (Take-Off).
He was married four times, to Bella Akhmadulina, Galina Sokol-Lukonina, Jan Butler, and Maria Novikova, and he fathered five sons.
He and Andrei Voznesensky were Russian literary contemporaries.
