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Died Russian writer Boris Strugatsky "Ekho Moskvy" referring to his friend Boris Vishnevsky. Strugatsky died on 19 November in hospital - according to Vishnevsky, in the last few days, doctors assessed his condition as extremely serious. The writer was 79 years old.

Boris Strugatsky was one of the most well-known Soviet and Russian science fiction writers of the XX century. In collaboration with his brother Arkady, he wrote about 30 novels and novellas, including became cult "Monday begins on Saturday", "Hard to Be God" and "Roadside Picnic».

Artworks Strugatsky repeatedly portrayed. The most famous film "Stalker" by Andrei Tarkovsky shot "Roadside Picnic" in 1979; well-known painting "The Days of Eclipse" by Alexander Sokurov and "Inhabited Island" by Fyodor Bondarchuk.

After his brother's death in 1991 Boris Strugatsky released several works written by him alone, such as the novel "Powerless world" (released under the pseudonym S. Vititsky, as well as some other works). In addition, since 2002, Strugatsky was chief editor of the literary magazine "Noon. XXI century ».

Boris Strugatsky - winner of the President of Russia in the field of literature and art and holder of the Order of Merit as well as a number of other honors and awards.

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