Vladislav Krapivin

Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin (; 14 October 1938 – 1 September 2020) was a Russian children's books writer.
Biography.
Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin was born in the city of Tyumen on 14 October 1938. He received a degree in journalism from the Ural State University. In the course of his studies, he started working at the newspaper "Evening Sverdlovsk", followed by several years in the periodical "Ural Pathfinder". Krapivin has been a full-time writer since 1965. His first book, "The Voyage of Orion" (Рейс "Ориона"), was printed by the Sverdlovsk Publishing House in 1962. Over the course of his literary career, Krapivin became the author of more than 200 publications, many of which have been translated.
In 1961 Vladislav Krapivin founded a youth group called "Caravel" with the main activities for the kids that of journalism, fencing, sailing and all things maritime. "Caravel" exists to this day, led by its former graduates.
On 1 September 2020 Vladislav Krapivin died aged 81 in Yekaterinburg, where he had lived since 2013. He had been in hospital with pneumonia since 10 August, before his condition deteriorated.
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