Valentin Rasputin
Valentin Rasputin was born on March 15, 1937. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Valentin Rasputin
Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin (; Russian: Валентин Григорьевич Распутин; 15 March 1937 – 14 March 2015) was a Soviet and Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life, addressing complex questions of ethics and spiritual revival.