Viktor Koval
Viktor Koval | |
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Born | Viktor Stanislavovich Koval 29 September 1947 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
Died | 1 February 2021(2021-02-01) (aged 73) Moscow, Russia |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation(s) | Writer Actor |
Viktor Stanislavovich Koval (Russian: Виктор Станиславович Коваль; 29 September 1947 – 1 February 2021) was a Russian-Soviet writer, poet, artist, and actor.[1]
Biography
Koval was born into a family of servicemen. A child actor, he appeared in a number of films from 1955 to 1961. He attended the Moscow Polygraphic Institute in the school of arts, and subsequently drew illustrations for books, magazines, and newspapers. He became a well-known poet in the 1970s, and participated in poetry festivals in Yaroslavl, Volgograd, London, Gothenburg, Milan, and so on. He was a member of the Union of Artists of Russia [ru] and Writers' Union of Moscow [ru]. In 2007, he received the Golden Calf Award [ru], given by the Literaturnaya Gazeta.
Viktor Koval died of COVID-19 in Moscow, on 1 February 2021, at the age of 73, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[2]
Filmography
- Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades (1955)
- The Rumyantsev Case (1955)
- Khrabryy zayats [ru] (1955)
- An Unusual Summer (1956)
- Pod zolotym orlom [ru] (1957)
- Druzok [ru] (1958)
- Ljubuška [it] (1961)[3]