Author: Vasiliĭ Makarovich Shukshin
Alternate names: Vasiliĭ Makarovich Shukshin; Vasilii Shukshin; Vasiliĭ Shukshin; Vasilii . Shukshin; Vasiliĭ Shukshin; Vasiliǐ Shukshin; Vasilij Shukshin; Vassily Shukshin; Vasili Shukshin; Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin; Vasily Shukshin; Василий Макарович Шукшин
Born: 25 July 1929
Died: 2 October 1974
Bio: Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. A prominent member of the Village Prose movement, he began writing short stories in his early teenage years and later transition to acting by his late 20s.