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Boris Pilnyak

Died in 1938

Boris Pilnyak, whose real name was Boris Vogau (1894-1938), was born in Mozhaysk, near Moscow; his father, a country veterinarian, descended from the Volga Germans. His first major novel, devoted to the civil war, made him famous at twenty-five and brought him international recognition. He travelled to Japan and the United States. Arrested in October 1937, he was sentenced on 21 April 1938 on false charges of conspiracy and shot the same day.

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