The writer Grigory Baklanov died

On Wednesday, in Moscow, at the 87th year of life, writer Grigory Baklanov died, reports BFM.ru.

In 1941, Baklanov went to the front with an ordinary, fought in the northwestern, southwestern and third Ukrainian fronts. He was seriously wounded. After the war, he entered the Literary Institute, began to be printed in the early 1950s, turning to the "village prose." The success of Baklanov brought his story about the war: "Nine days (south of the main blow)" (1958) and "Head of the Earth" (1959).

Baklanov also wrote the novel “July 41” (1964), the novels “Dead Crazu are NOT WITH” (1961), “Forever - nineteen -year -olds” (1979). According to the writer's scenarios, eight films were shot, including "Monthly of May" Marlena Khutsiev.

From 1986 to 1993, Baklanov was the editor -in -chief of the banner magazine, in which many works of “returned literature” were published during perestroika. Laureate of many state awards.