Vitaly Bianki | |
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 Soviet writer Vitaly Bianki in 1938 | |
| Born | 30 January 1894 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 28 May 1959 (aged 65) Leningrad, USSR |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher |
| Genre | Natural history Children's literature |
Vitaly Valentinovich Bianki (Russian: Вита́лий Валенти́нович Биа́нки; 11 February 1894, St. Petersburg — 10 June 1959, Leningrad) was a popular Russian children's writer and a prolific author of books on nature.[1]