Writer, born in Mozhaisk, W Russia. He wrote novels and short stories, including (trans titles) The Naked Year (1922) and The Volga Flows Down to the Caspian Sea (1930). An anti-Communist, he fell into disfavour with the authorities, and he and his works disappeared. It later came to light that he was arrested in 1937, and died shortly afterwards.
Boris Pilnyak (October 11, 1894–April 21, 1938) was a Russian author. Born Boris Andreyevich Vogau in Mozhaisk, he was a major supporter of antiurbanism and a critic of mechanized society. His most famous works are The Naked Year, Mahogany, and The Volga Falls into the Caspian Sea, all novels concerning revolutionary and post-revolutionary Russia.
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