Author: Yury Valentinovich Trifonov
Alternate names: Yurii Trifonov; Yuriĭ Trifonov; Yury V. Trifonov; Юрий Валентинович Трифонов; Juri Walentinowitsch Trifonow; Jurij Trifonow
Born: 28 August 1925
Died: 28 March 1981
Bio: Yury Valentinovich Trifonov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Трифонов) was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose". He was considered a close contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981.