Vasilij Jaroslavovič Golovanov
Vasiliy Golovanov (23 December 1960 – 12 April 2021) was a Russian writer and photographer. He was the son of journalist and scientist Yaroslav Golovanov.
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Vasilij Jaroslavovič Golovanov

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- Name
- Vasiliy Golovanov
- Born
- 23 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 13 April 2021
- Occupation
- Writer Photographer
- Full name
- Vassili Iaroslavovitch Golovanov.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Fields
- creative and professional writing, journalism and travel.
- Education
- MSU Faculty of Journalism.
- Honours
- Prix Laure Bataillon.
- Languages
- Russian.
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• Name — Vasiliy Golovanov • Born — 23 December 1960 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Died — 13 April 2021 • Occupation — Writer Photographer
Biography
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Golovanov attended the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University and pursued an early journalistic career, having been published in the magazine Novy Mir. He then authored numerous novels, and received a nomination for the Yuri Kazakov Prize in 2004. Vasiliy Golovanov died following a long illness on 12 April 2021, at the age of 60.
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The following is established of origins and background. Golovanov died in 2021 at Moscow. It is also recorded that vasilij Jaroslavovič Golovanov was born in 1960 at Moscow. Institutional cataloguing adds that vasilij Jaroslavovič Golovanov is recorded at birth as Vassili Iaroslavovitch Golovanov.
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• Éloge des voyages insensés (2008) • Espaces et Labyrinthes (2013)
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