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Boris Pilnyak

Born

in Mozhaysk, Russian Empire

October 11, 1884

Died

April 21, 1938

Genre

Travel

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Boris Pilnyak (Russian: Борис Пильняк; October 11, 1894 in Mozhaysk – April 21, 1938 in Moscow) was a Russian author.

He was Born Boris Andreyevich Vogau (Russian: Борис Андреевич Вогау) in Mozhaysk. His father was a doctor of German descent, and his mother came from an old merchant family from Saratov. Boris first became interested in writing at the age of nine. Among his early influences were Andrei Bely, Aleksey Remizov, and Yevgeny Zamyatin.

He was a major supporter of anti-urbanism and a critic of mechanized society. These views often brought him into disfavor with Communist critics. His most famous works are The Naked Year, Mahogany, and The Volga Falls into the Caspian Sea, all novels concerning revolutionary and post-revolutionary Rus ...more

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	The Naked Year by Boris Pilnyak, A.R. Tulloch (Translator) 3.32 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1922 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Повесть непогашенной луны by Boris Pilnyak, Борис Пильняк 3.86 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 1926 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caoba 3.93 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1929 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ivan Moscow by Boris Pilnyak, A. Schwartzman (translator) 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1927 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pedro, su majestad, emperador 3.73 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tale of the Unextinguished Moon & Other Stories 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1926 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mahogany and Other Stories by Boris Pilnyak, Vera T. Reck (Translator), Michael Green (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1929 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Volga Falls to the Caspian Sea 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1930	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Заволочье 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antología sin título 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ladies and Gentlemen, we have no servants; We must see to things ourselves. We can’t all perch like eagles, therefore, I beg you to be more careful.”
― Boris Pilnyak

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“Inmóvil y negra como la historia de aquellos lugares, la medianoche dominó la ciudad.”
― Boris Pilniak, Pedro, su majestad, emperador

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