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Anatoly Vasilyevich Kuznetsov

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Pseudonym:
A. Anatoli
Born:
Aug. 18, 1929, Kiev, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.
Died:
June 13, 1979, London, Eng. (aged 49)
Notable Works:
“Babi Yar”
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Anatoly Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (born Aug. 18, 1929, Kiev, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.—died June 13, 1979, London, Eng.) was a Soviet writer noted for the autobiographical novel Babi Yar, one of the most important literary works to come out of World War II. Kuznetsov was 12 years old in 1941 when the invading German army occupied his home city of Kiev in Ukraine. After World War II ended he worked as a labourer at several construction sites and graduated from the Gorky Institute of Literature in 1960. His first literary success, Prodolzheniye legendy (1957; Sequel to a Legend), was based on his experiences ...(100 of 269 words)

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