Yuri Mikhailovich Polyakov (b. 1954) - Soviet and Russian writer, poet, playwright. Editor-in-chief of Literaturnaya Gazeta since 2001. Yuri Mikhailovich Polyakov was born on November 12, 1954 in Moscow, in a working class family. By his own admission, the teacher of literature I.A. Osokin had a huge influence on Yuri Polyakov.