Benedikt Mikhailovich Sarnov (Russian: Бенеди́кт Миха́йлович Сарно́в; 4 January 1927 – 20 April 2014) was a Russian literary critic, historian of Soviet literature, and writer. He graduated from Gorky Institute of World Literature in 1951. He became a member of Union of Soviet Writers in 1960. He was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union.
Sarnov died on 20 April 2014 in Moscow, aged 87.[1]