Vladimir Makanin

Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Маканин; born 13 March 1937 in Orsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian writer.

Makanin is a writer of novels and short stories. He graduated from Moscow State University and worked as a mathematician in the Military Academy until the early 1960s. In 1963 he took a course in scriptwriting, and then worked in the publishing house Sovietskiy Pisatel (The Soviet Writer). Makanin's writing style may be categorized as realist. His forte lies in depicting the psychological impact of everyday life experiences.

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