Boris Lavrenyov

At the time he wrote poetry and joined a Moscow Futurists group called Mezonin poezii (A Mezzanine of Poetry). He fought in World War I and the Russian Civil War. During the latter he took part in combat in Turkmenistan, served as a commander of an armoured train, and also wrote for the Red Army military newspaper. His poetry was first published in 1911 and his prose works in 1924. He was twice awarded the Stalin Prize – in 1946 and 1950. Lavrenyov's novel, "The Forty-First", first published in Zvezda in 1924) was twice adapted to film, in 1927 by Yakov Protazanov and in 1956 by Grigory Chukhray.

Boris Lavrenyov studied at Moscow Imperial University, Faculty of Law. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is literature, drama and journalism. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are short novel and sketch story. Distinctions recorded are State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".

The Forty-First, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1926. English summary from Sovlit.net Such a Simple Thing, from Such a Simple Thing and Other Soviet Stories, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1959. from Archive.org The Courageous Heart, Progress Publishers, 1978. The Heavenly Cap, from The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire, Grove Press, 1994.