Viktor Astafyev was born on May 1, 1924 in Ovsyanka, Krasnoyarsk Uyezd, Yeniseysk Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Tayozhnaya povest (1979), Wenn die Sternschnuppen fallen... (1981) and Zum zweitenmal geboren (1984). He was married to Maria Semenowna Koryakina. He died on November 29, 2001 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
