Boris Andreevich Mozhayev | |
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Born | Pitelino, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR, USSR | June 1, 1923
Died | March 2, 1996 Moscow, Russian Federation | (aged 72)
Period | 1955-early 1990s |
Genre | Fiction |
Subject | Russian village |
Notable works | Zhivoy (1966) Muzhiki i baby (1972-1980) |
Boris Andreyevich Mozhayev (Russian: Борис Андреевич Можаев; June 1, 1923 – March 2, 1996) was a Soviet Russian author, dramatist, script-writer and editor, the USSR State Prize (1989) laureate, best known for his novel Zhivoy (Alive, 1966) and the two-part epic Peasant Men and Women (Muzhiki i babyi, 1972-1980). Supported by Alexander Tvardovsky and admired by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Mozhayev experienced serious difficulties with publishing his harshly realistic, tinged with bitter humour Village prose, dealing with trials and tribulations of the Soviet peasantry in the years of collectivisation and beyond.[1]