Venedikt Yerofeyev
Venedikt Yerofeyev  | |
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| Native name | Венедикт Ерофеев  | 
| Born | Venedikt Vasilyevich Yerofeyev October 24, 1938 Niva-3 settlement, suburb of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union  | 
| Died | May 11, 1990 (aged 51) Moscow, Soviet Union  | 
| Occupation | Writer | 
| Nationality | Soviet, Russian | 
| Period | Contemporary | 
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| Notable works | Moscow-Petushki | 
| Spouse | Valentina Vasilevna Zimakova, Galina Pavlovna Nosova | 
| Children | Venedikt Venediktovich Yerofeyev | 
Venedikt Vasilyevich Yerofeyev, also Benedict Erofeev or Erofeyev (Russian: Венеди́кт Васи́льевич Ерофе́ев; 24 October 1938 in Niva-3 settlement, suburb of Kandalaksha – 11 May 1990 in Moscow) was a Russian writer and Soviet dissident.