Vladimir Voinovich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vladimir Voinovich

Russian/Soviet writer

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1932

Place of Birth: Dushanbe, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Tajikistan

Date of Death: 27-Jul-2018

Profession: writer, poet, painter, science fiction writer

Nationality: Russia, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich, also spelled Voynovich (Russian: ?????´??? ??????´???? ?????´???, 26 September 1932 – 27 July 2018), was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident.
Among his most well-known works are the satirical epic The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin and the dystopian Moscow 2042.
He was forced into exile and stripped of his citizenship by Soviet authorities in 1980 but later rehabilitated and moved back to Moscow in 1990.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, he continued to be an outspoken critic of Russian politics under the rule of Vladimir Putin.