Igor Ivanovich Shklyarevsky (russian: Игорь Иванович Шкляре́вский; June 25, 1938 – September 8, 2021) was a Russian poet and translator. Shklyarevsky was a 1987 Laureate of the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

. He died from complications of

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1938 births 2021 deaths Russian male poets Russian translators People from Byalynichy District Recipients of the USSR State Prize Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{Russia-translator-stub