Konstantin Vanshenkin

Konstantin Yakovlevich Wanschenkin (Russian Константин Яковлевич Ваншенкин; born December 17, 1925 in Moscow, † December 15, 2012 ) was a Soviet and Russian poet.

He was known primarily as a song writer for music musician Edward Saweljewitsch Kolmanowski and Jan Abramovich Frenkel. For Mark Bernes Naumovich he wrote the words to Я люблю тебя, жизнь (I love you, life ).

Wanschenkin was married to the author Inna Anatoljewna Goff ( 1928-1991 ).