He died a classic of Soviet literature Boris Vasilyev

The famous writer died this morning at the age of 88. In the Moscow Writers' Union reported that in the last years of his life the author of the novel "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" lived alone and suffered a lot, but did not stop working until the end of his days.

According to the channel Life News, referring to its sources in the medical community, Boris Vasiliev many years suffered Atrial Fibrillation , Which caused the death of writer-soldier. The same informant said that the state of Boris L. deteriorated a few months ago, and visited him several times, "Ambulance".

Boris Vasilyev, born May 21, 1924 in Smolensk in the family of an officer and a former noblewoman. After the end of 9th grade 17-year-old young man volunteered for the front left and fought in the Komsomol battalion. Three times he found himself in the environment and the same time successfully came out of it.
In 1943, the future writer has received a concussion. After hospitalization, he entered the Military Academy of armored and mechanized forces of the Stalin, who a few years after graduating he worked as a test of wheeled and tracked vehicles in the Urals.
Finally the army Boris Vasiliev   He retired in 1954. In the report about the resignation, he wrote that he wanted to engage seriously in the literature, the craving for which he had since his youth.

Most of the works of the writer described the events of wartime. The first work was the play Vasiliev "Tankers", but shortly before its premiere on the stage play was banned representatives of the General Political Department of the army.

Also in 1955 was staged another play begins author-veteran "Knock and open." By creating a product that would become classics of Soviet literature, Vasiliev at the beginning of his career, he was forced to work on scripts for "KVN" (it gave him the basic income). Incidentally, it was a collection of jokes KVN-ray became the first official book writer.

Boris Vasiliev is the author of more than 30 war stories, including "Tomorrow Was the War", "is not listed," "It seems to me will go to exploration ...", "red pearl", "The Day", "The court let the case "and others. The most famous of these was the story" The Dawns Here Are Quiet ", created in 1969.
In addition, the Soviet writer had a hand in the creation of scripts for the films "Aty-Baty, were soldiers" Leonid Bykov and "officers" Vladimir horns and wrote several historical books of ancient Russia. His latest work, "Vladimir Monomakh", was released in 2010.
Boris Vasiliev repeatedly awarded for creative achievements. He was awarded the Order of Labor Red Banner, two Orders of Friendship of Peoples, the Order "For Services to the Motherland» II degree, Film Award "Nika" in the nomination "For the honor and dignity."

The writer was awarded the State Prize of the USSR, the Russian President's Award, the Independent Movement Prize named after Academician Sakharov "April", a member of the Moscow Union of Writers and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and the Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts "Nika". (READ MORE)

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