Viktor Likhonosov

Viktor Ivanovich Likhonosov (, 30 April 1936 – 9 August 2021) was a Soviet-Russian novelist and editor. He won the Russian State Prize in 1988, the International Mikhail Sholokhov prize and the first Yasnaya Polyana award in 2003. Likhonosov was born in Kemerovo, Soviet Union. He was known for his writings during the Village Prose movement. 

Likhonosov died in his home in Topki, Russia from COVID-19 on 9 August 2021 at the age of 85.

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