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1907–1982 · Soviet writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor

Also known as: Warlam Tichonowitsch Schalamow, Varlaam, Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov, Варлам Тихонович Шаламов, 바를람 샬라모프, ヴァルラーム・シャラーモフ

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