Viktor Koval

Viktor Stanislavovich Koval (Russian: Виктор Станиславович Коваль; 29 September 1947 – 1 February 2021) was a Russian-Soviet writer, poet, artist, and actor.^[1]

Viktor Koval
Koval in 2007
Born	Viktor Stanislavovich Koval 29 September 1947 Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died	1 February 2021(2021-02-01) (aged 73) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Occupation(s)	Writer Actor

Biography

Koval was born into a family of servicemen. A child actor, he appeared in a number of films from 1955 to 1961. He attended the Moscow Polygraphic Institute in the school of arts, and subsequently drew illustrations for books, magazines, and newspapers. He became a well-known poet in the 1970s, and participated in poetry festivals in Yaroslavl, Volgograd, London, Gothenburg, Milan, and so on. He was a member of the Union of Artists of Russia [ru] and Writers' Union of Moscow [ru]. In 2007, he received the Golden Calf Award [ru], given by the Literaturnaya Gazeta.

Viktor Koval died of COVID-19 in Moscow, on 1 February 2021, at the age of 73, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.^[2]

Filmography

• Vasyok Trubachyov and His Comrades (1955)
• The Rumyantsev Case (1955)
• Khrabryy zayats [ru] (1955)
• An Unusual Summer (1956)
• Pod zolotym orlom [ru] (1957)
• Druzok [ru] (1958)
• Ljubuška [it] (1961)^[3]

References

1. "Умер Виктор Коваль". Colta (in Russian). 1 February 2021.
2. "Поэт и актер Виктор Коваль умер от коронавируса". rg.ru (in Russian). 1 February 2021.
3. "Viktor Koval (1947–2020)". IMDb.