Alexander Volkov | |
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![]() Russian writer Alexander Melentyevich Volkov, 1914 | |
Born | Alexander Melentyevich Volkov 14 June 1891 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russian Empire |
Died | 3 July 1977 Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 86)
Alexander Melentyevich Volkov (Russian: Александр Мелентьевич Волков [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr mʲɪˈlʲenʲtʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvolkəf]; 14 June 1891 – 3 July 1977) was a Soviet novelist, playwright, university lecturer. He was an author of novels, short stories, plays and poems for children, mostly remembered for the Magic Land series of books, based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.