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| Native name | Георгий Николаевич Владимов |
| Born | Georgi Nikolayevich Volosevich (1931-02-19)February 19, 1931 |
| Died | October 19, 2003(2003-10-19) (aged 72) Frankfurt, Germany |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
| Notable works | Faithful Ruslan |
| Notable awards | Russian Booker Prize,Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage |
Georgi Nikolayevich Vladimov (Russian:Гео́ргий Никола́евич Влади́мов; real family nameVolosevich,Russian:Волосевич; 19 February 1931,Kharkiv – 19 October 2003,Frankfurt) was a Russiandissident writer.
In 1977 he became the leader of theMoscow section ofAmnesty International, forbidden in theUSSR. In 1983, he emigrated toWest Germany.[1]
Vladimov's most famous novel isFaithful Ruslan, the tale of aguard dog in a SovietGulag, told from thedog's perspective. It circulated in the Soviet Union as asamizdat publication, before being published in West Germany in 1975.
His novelThe General and His Army, onGeneral Chibisov (Kobrissov) andGeneral Vlasov, was awarded theRussian Booker Prize in 1995 and theSakharov Prize in 2000.
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