Leonid Latynin (russian: Леонид Александрович Латы́нин; born 1938

Privolzhsk Privolzhsk (russian: Приво́лжск) is a town and the administrative center of Privolzhsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Shacha River (right tributary of the Volga) northeast of Ivanovo, the administrative center of th ...

, Ivanovo Region, on the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

near Plyos) is a Russian writer. He is the husband of literary critic

Alla Latynina Alla Nikolayevna Latynina (russian: А́лла Никола́евна Лат́ынина; born 4 July 1940) is a Russian literary critic. Her husband is the writer and poet Leonid Latynin. She is the mother of Russian writer and journalist Yuli ...

and the father of writer and journalist Yulia Latynina. Among his first teachers was Pyotr Konstantinovich Sumarokov, a priest's son, who was in his turn a student of Vasily Rozanov. His other teachers were several hundred volumes of theological literature from his family library. In 1960–64, Latynin studied at Moscow University's Department of Philology. He attended the seminars of Nikolai Gudzy, Nikolai Liban, and Sergei Radzig, which made a lasting influence on him, inspiring his interest in the theme of pre-Christian pantheon. This was later realized in his research and his literary work. In 1962–74, he worked first at the Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, then on the radio (in the Spanish and then in the Brazilian section) and finally at the poetry division of ''Youth'' magazine. In the 1970s, he spent much time in the northern parts of Russia, studying icons and local crafts. In the 1980s, he translated Central Asian poetry. Also in the 1980s, he wrote the novels ''The Face-maker and the Muse'', ''Sleeper at Harvest Time'', and ''Stavr and Sarah''. Since 1960, Latynin has lived in Moscow.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Latynin, Leonid 1938 births Living people Russian male poets Moscow State University alumni