Novy Mir
Vladimir Nikolayevich Krupin (, September 7, 1941) is a Soviet Russian writer, editor, religious author and tutor. The major proponent of the Village prose movement, noted for his quirky, folklore-rooted style of writing, Krupin is best known for his 1980 "Novy Mir"-published satirical novel "Zhivaya Voda" (Aqua Vitae).