In Vladivostok there is a plaque to the writer,

In Vladivostok there is a plaque writer, an honored worker of culture of RSFSR, the veteran of the great Patriotic war, honored citizen of the city of Lev Knyazev. As the press-service of administration of Vladivostok, the opening of the memorial plaque installed on the facade of the building at Okeanskiy Prospekt, 46 where he lived lion Knyazev, will be held tomorrow, July 4 at 12 hours. In the opening ceremony of the memorial Board will be attended by honorary citizens of Vladivostok, representatives of the Union of writers of Russia, the city administration and the public. For reference: Lev Knyazev is a writer, journalist, member of the Union of writers of Russia, honored worker of culture of Russian Federation, awarded the order of Patriotic war of the 2nd degree, the medals «For the victory over Japan», «For valiant labor in the great Patriotic war», «For participation in the convoy flights» and others. Is a laureate of the prize of the writers of Russia, the prize. В.Пикуля. Was born Lev N. Knyazev in the city of Vyatka April 121926 in the family of students of the pedagogical Institute. Father studied at the physics and mathematics, mother - chemical-soil faculty. Having received the profession, young teachers went to teach, worked, and the lion studied in schools in Сретенске, Chita, Ulan-Ude, the Barguzin, the Aldan. School completed in 1941 at the mine Соловьевском Amur region. The elder brother went to the front, and the lion, who is not the age of sixteen, he entered the Vladivostok in ДВПИ, the marine engineering faculty. Then went to the fleet. Began to swim on ships of far Eastern shipping company, had been in the seas from 1943 to 1946. Went to America, delivered the goods under lend-lease. In 1953 graduated from the Vladivostok higher marine College, the lion Knyazev has received the diploma of mechanical engineer. Worked on судоремзаводе in Nakhodka, responded to the call of the Komsomol go to help raise agriculture - was a mechanic Евгеньевской MTS in Spassk. In 1956 he began his journalistic career. Was the head. the Department of agriculture, responsible Secretary of the Komsomol newspaper, then its chief editor (1966 - 1968), the worked as chief editor of political broadcasting of the regional Committee of radio and television, staff reporter of the newspaper «Water transport». On the pages of the Newspapers published his first artistic and documentary works. In 1973 the lion Knyazev was admitted to the Union of writers - by that time he had published several novels. And in the same year he was elected the Secretary of the writers ' Union, having worked in this position for many years (1978-1986г.г., 1989-1990г.г., 1996 -1999). In 1963 in the almanac «the Pacific ocean" publishes a Novella «Why are you here?» where the writer talks about the subject of the baptism of the human sea. The topic of the civil war in the far East are devoted to the novel «Wolfish pass»(1969), «an Extreme measure» (1972), «Reid doomed»(1976), Roman «Dal not a stranger» (1982). In 80 - 90 years HP Knyazev writes a number of heart-pounding tales, revealing cruelty of the revolution, the civil war, worship cult of personality, the violence of the system of totalitarianism, обесценивающей human life and people. It is story «the Face of the abyss», «the Century of freedom not see», «Satanic flight», «Line of no return». In 1999 he published a book of Л.Князева «Sadness forever» - a kind of a response to the events of the time. Lev Knyazev died 27 January 2012. He was 86 years old.