Education
Moscow State University.
Moscow State University.
He is a father of Russian writer and journalist Yulia Latynina
His other teachers were several hundred volumes of theological literature from his family library. In 1960-1964, Latynin studied at Moscow University"s Department of Philology. He attended the seminars of Nikolai Gudzy, Nikolai Liban, Sergei Radzig, which made a lasting influence on him, inspiring his interest in the theme of pre-Christian pantheon.
This was later realized in his research and his literary work.
In 1962-1974, he worked first at the Khudozhestvennaya Literatura Publishing House, then on the radio (in the Spanish and then in the Brazilian section) and finally at the poetry division of the Youth magazine. In the 1970s, he spent much time in the northern parts of Russia, studying icons and local crafts.
In the 1980s, he was translating Central Asian poetry. Also in the 1980s, he wrote the novels The Face-maker and the Muse, Sleeper at Harvest Time, Stavr and Sarah.
Since 1960, Latynin lives in Moscow.
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Writers.