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Boris Lavrenyov
Boris Andreyevich Lavrenyov () (real name Sergeyev), (16 July [Lavrenyov was born to the family of a literature teacher. He received his education at the Law department of the Moscow University. At the time he wrote poetry and joined a Moscow Futurists group called ''Mezonin poezii'' (A Mezzanine of Poetry). He fought in World War I and the Russian Civil War. During the latter he took part in combat in Turkmenistan, served as a commander of an armoured train, and also wrote for the Red Army military newspaper. His poetry was first published in 1911 and his prose works in 1924. He was twice awarded the Stalin Prize – in 1946 and 1950.
Lavrenyov's story "Sorok pervyi" ("The Forty-First", first published in ''Zvezda'' in 1924) was twice adapted to film, in 1927 by Yakov Protazanov and in 1956 by Grigory Chukhray. Provided by Wikipedia
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