Vladimir Kostrov
1935–2022 (age 87)
Biography
Vladimir Andreyevich Kostrov (Russian: Влади́мир Андре́евич Костро́в; 21 September, 1935 – 26 October, 2022) was a Soviet and Russian poet, translator and playwright. He was also a professor at the Gorky Institute of Literature in Moscow. He had been awarded the State Award of Russia (1985) and the Government Cultural Award (2006).