Vasily Smirnov (writer)

Vasily Aleksandrovich Smirnov (; , Sinitsyno, Myshkinsky Uyezd – 19 October 1979, Moscow) was a Soviet writer.

Having published his first work in 1924, Smirnov became a member of the CPSU in 1925. In 1960–1965, he was the editor-in-chief of the Druzhba Narodov magazine.