Author: Vasiliĭ Belov
Alternate names: Vasily Belov; Vasilii Belov; Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Belov
Born: 23 October 1932
Died: 4 December 2012
Bio: Vasily Ivanovich Belov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в) was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than sixty books which sold (as of 1998) seven million copies.
A prominent member of the influential 1970s–1980s derevenschiki movement, Belov's best known novels include Business as Usual (Привычное дело, 1966), Eves (Кануны, 1972–1987), Everything's Ahead (Всё впереди, 1986) and The Year of a Major Breakdown (Год великого перелома, 1989–1994).