Yuri Bondarev

Yuri Bondarev
Bondarev in 2014
Born
Yuri Vasilyevich Bondarev

(1924-03-15)15 March 1924
Died29 March 2020(2020-03-29) (aged 96)
GenreNovel, short story, essay, social realism, lieutenant prose
Years active1953–2020

Yuri Vasilyevich Bondarev (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Бондарев, 15 March 1924 — 29 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter. He was best known for co-authoring the script for the serial film franchise Liberation (1968–71). He served as chairman of the Union of Writers of Russia from 1991 to 1994 before being replaced by Valery Ganichev.