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| Born | September 11 [O.S. August 30] 1882[1] Novgorod, Russian Empire[1] |
| Died | 19 October 1938 (aged 56)[1] Moscow, USSR[1] |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, playwright |
| Notable work | Viktor Vavich |
Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov (Russian: Бори́с Степа́нович Житко́в; 11 September [O.S. 30 August] 1882 – 19 October 1938) was a writer from the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union, mainly known as the author of children's books and the novel Viktor Vavich about the 1905 Russian Revolution.
- ^ a b c d V. Kazak (1996) "Житков, Борис Степанович", p. 144 in Лексикон русской литературы XX века. Moscow, Kultura. ISBN 5-8334-0019-8