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Boris Pilnyak

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Boris Pilnyak


Born
in Mozhaysk, Russian Empire
October 11, 1884

Died
April 21, 1938

Genre
Travel


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
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Повесть непогашенной луны
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3.85 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1926 — 11 editions
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Caoba
3.92 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1929 — 6 editions
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Ivan Moscow
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Pedro, su majestad, emperador
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The Tale of the Unextinguis...
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Mahogany and Other Stories
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Antología sin título
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Заволочье
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Mother Earth and Other Stories
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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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