Ivan Antonovich (real patronymic Antipovich) Yefremov (Russian: Иван Ефремов; April 22, 1908–October 5, 1972), last sometimes spelled Efremov, was a Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and …
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, (1907 - 2002) was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 count…
Alexander Grin or Green is the pen name of Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevskiĭ (Russian: Александр Степанович Грин (настоящее имя — Алексaндр Степaнович Гринeвский)), August 23, 1880 – July 8, 1932) , a …
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (Russian: Владимир Афанасьевич Обручев) was a Russian and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia. He was also one of the first Russian…
The brothers Arkady Strugatsky [Russian: Аркадий Стругацкий] and Boris Strugatsky [Russian: Борис Стругацкий] were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers…
Ludwig Renn (22 April 1889 in Dresden – 21 July 1979 in Berlin) was a German author. Born a Saxon nobleman, he later became a committed communist and lived in East Berlin.
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels…
A native New Yorker, writer and journalist Justin Petrone has been living in Northern Europe for more than 20 years. With a dozen books to his name and hundreds of articles, he specializes in travel m…
Nguyễn Nhật Ánh là tên và cũng là bút danh của một nhà văn Việt Nam chuyên viết cho tuổi mới lớn. Ông sinh ngày 7 tháng 5 năm 1955 tại huyện Thăng Bình, Quảng Nam.
Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler (August 3, 1863 – October 30, 1922) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, pa…
Vasily Yan. (Russian: Василий Ян; 23 December 1874 (4 January 1875), Kiev - August 5, 1954, Zvenigorod Moscow Region) was a Russian writer. Also spelled "Vassily Yan" (or "Ian") or just "V. Yan", …
Veniamin Alexandrovich Kaverin (Russian: Вениамин Александрович Каверин; real name - Вениамин Александрович Зильбер, or Veniamin Alexandrovich Zilber) April 19 [O.S. April 6] 1902, Pskov – May 2, 1989…
Alexander Belyaev (Russian: Александр Беляев) was a Soviet Russian writer of science fiction. His works from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded figure in Russian science fiction, often ref…
