Alexander Kazantsev

Alexander Kazantsev
BornAlexander Petrovich Kazantsev
(1906-09-02)2 September 1906
Akmolinsk, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire
Died13 September 2002(2002-09-13) (aged 96)
Peredelkino, Russia
OccupationWriter
GenreScience fiction, popular science, ufology

Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Каза́нцев; 2 September 1906 – 13 September 2002) was a popular Soviet and Russian science fiction writer, ufologist and chess composer.