Andrey Dementyev

Andrey Dmitriyevich Dementyev (; July 16, 1928 in Tver  – June 26, 2018 in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet poet, a laureate of Lenin’s Young Communist League Award (1981), a USSR State Prize (1985), and Bunin Prize (2007). In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.

Dementyev died on June 16, 2018 in Moscow from prostate cancer, aged 89.

References

Other websites
 Andrey Dementyev, Peoples.ru 
 Online Encyclopedia 'Krugosvet'  
 Andrey Dementyev poetry at Stihipoeta.ru

Category:1928 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Cancer deaths in Russia
Category:Deaths from prostate cancer
Category:Russian poets
Category:Soviet writers