Venedikt Yerofeyev was born on October 24, 1938 in Niva-2, Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Moskau - Petuschki (1991) and
Bookmark (1983). He was married to Valentina Vasilevna Zimakova and Galina Pavlovna Nosova. He died on May 11, 1990 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].