Anatoly Postakin with his wife. Photo from the site www.moscvichka.ru In Moscow, at the 78th year of his life, a famous writer, adviser to the president on pardon Anatoly Postavkin, died, Echo of Moscow reports. Protekin was a laureate of the State Prize, many international awards. He is the author of 26 books, the most famous of which the story "The Golden Cloud was sleeping ...". Protekin was born on October 17, 1931 in a working family. During the war, he remained an orphan.