Vladislav Krapivin

Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin Russian Владислав Петрович Крапивин born 14 October 1938 in Tyumen is a Russian childrens books writer 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 fulltime writer since 1965 His first book The Voyage of Orion 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 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia