Andrey Dementyev

Andrey Dmitriyevich Dementyev (Russian: Андре́й Дми́триевич Деме́нтьев; July 16, 1928 in Tver – June 26, 2018 in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet poet,[1] a laureate of Lenin’s Young Communist League Award (1981), a USSR State Prize (1985), and Bunin Prize (2007). In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.[2]

Dementyev in 2014

Dementyev died on June 16, 2018 in Moscow from prostate cancer, aged 89.[3]

References

"Состав РАХ". Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
Писатели требуют от правительства решительных действий. Izvestia (in Russian). 5 October 1993. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
"Умер поэт Андрей Дементьев". Interfax (in Russian). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

Other websites

Andrey Dementyev, Peoples.ru (in Russian)
Online Encyclopedia 'Krugosvet' (in Russian)
Andrey Dementyev poetry at Stihipoeta.ru(in Russian)

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[1] "Состав РАХ". Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-27.

[letter-2] Писатели требуют от правительства решительных действий. Izvestia (in Russian). 5 October 1993. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

[death-3] "Умер поэт Андрей Дементьев". Interfax (in Russian). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-06-26.