Varlam Shalamov

Soviet writer, journalist, poet and gulag survivor.

Born June 18th, 1907 in Vologda. [ref]

Died January 17th, 1982 at 74 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, poet, prosaist, writer
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