Yuri Polyakov

Polyakov in 2019
Native name
Юрий Михайлович Поляков
Born(1954-11-12)12 November 1954
Moscow Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materState University of Education
GenreRealism
Years active1974 - present
Notable awardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Honour, Order of Friendship, Lenin Komsomol Prize

Yuri Mikhailovich Polyakov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Поляков; born November 12, 1954, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter and public figure, chairman of the National Association of Playwrights, chairman of the editorial board of the Literaturnaya Gazeta until 2021, editor-in-chief of the Literaturnaya Gazeta (2001–2017).