Valentin Berestov
1928–1998 (age 70)
Biography
Valentin Dmitrievich Berestov (Russian: Валенти́н Дми́триевич Бе́рестов; April 1, 1928, in Meshchovsk, Kaluga Oblast — April 15, 1998, in Moscow) was a Russian poet, lyricist, who wrote for both adults and children, translator, memoirist, Pushkin scholar, researcher.