Russian poet.
Born June 20th, 1932 in Kosikha, Kosikhinsky Selsoviet, Kosikhinsky District, Altai Krai. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1994 at 62 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner