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Also Known As Boris Pilniak • Boris Andreyevich Vogau
Born October 11, 1894 • Russia
Died April 21, 1938?
Notable Works “The Naked Year” • “The Tale of the Unextinguished Moon”
Bulgakov, c. 1932
Mikhail Bulgakov
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Sholokhov
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Voinovich, Vladimir
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