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Viktor Koval
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Koval in 2007
Born
Viktor Stanislavovich Koval

29 September 1947
Died 1 February 2021(2021-02-01) (aged 73)
Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russian
Occupation Writer
Actor

Viktor Stanislavovich Koval (Russian: Виктор Станиславович Коваль; 29 September 1947 – 1 February 2021) was a Russian-Soviet writer, poet, artist, and actor.

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.

Filmography

  • Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades (1955)
  • The Rumyantsev Case (1955)
  • Khrabryy zayats [ru] (1955)
  • An Unusual Summer (1956)
  • Pod zolotym orlom [ru] (1957)
  • Дружок (фильм) [ru] (1958)
  • Ljubuška [it] (1961)

See also

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