Stromab stromauf: Beschreibung einer Reise

Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin was born on March 15, 1937 in Ust-Uda, Soviet Union. He graduated from Irkutsk State University in 1959. He worked as a journalist for many years. He became a head of the village prose writers who emerged in the 1960s to address moral and environmental issues and depict a rural Russia about to be consumed by show more industrialization. His books included Farewell to Matyora, The Fire, and Money for Maria. He died on March 14, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less