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Biography
Vasily Makarovich Shukshin was a Soviet and Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. A prominent member of the Village Prose movement, he began writing short stories in his early teenage years and later transitioned to acting by his late 20s.
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Awards & recognition
- Lenin Prize · 1976
- USSR State Prize · 1971
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · 1969
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1967
- Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR · 1967
