Vasily Popov (poet)

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Vasily Popov
Vasily Popov prepares to launch his NFT-published painting in space from Baikonur cosmodrome
Native name	Василий Попов
Born	(1983-04-03) 3 April 1983 (age 41) Angarsk, Russian SSR, USSR
Occupation	poet, painter
Language	Russian
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Vasily Nikolaevich Popov (born 3 April 1983) is a Russian painter, poet, and interpreter. He is a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, where he serves as Secretary of the board of directors. He is a recipient of the Bunin Award, the Lermontov Award, and the Grand Prix of the Golden Knight Literary Forum. As a painter, he is believed to be the first painter to have one of his works launched into space; the painting was simultaneously published on the Internet as an NFT.^[1]