Vasily Smirnov (writer)

For other people of the same name, see Vasily Smirnov.

Vasily Alexandrovich Smirnov (Russian: Васи́лий Алекса́ндрович Смирно́в; born December 31, 1904 O.S./January 13, 1905 N.S. in the village of Sinitsyno; died 1979) was a Russian/Soviet writer.

Having published his first work in 1924, Smirnov became a member of the CPSU in 1925. In 1960–1965, he was the editor-in-chief of the Druzhba Narodov magazine.

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