Boris Pilnyak

Boris Pilnyak
Born	Boris Andreyevich Vogau 11 October 1894 Mozhaysk, Russian Empire
Died	21 April 1938 (aged 43) Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, USSR
Occupation(s)	Novelist, short story writer
Notable work	The Naked Year, The Tale of the Unextinguished Moon

Boris Andreyevich Pilnyak (né Vogau Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Пильня́к; October 11 [O.S. September 29] 1894 – April 21, 1938) was a Russian and Soviet writer who was executed by the Soviet Union on false claims of plotting to kill Joseph Stalin and Nikolay Yezhov.