Alexander Kuprin

Alexander Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and The Pit, as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Junior Captain Rybnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911), the latter made into a 1965 movie. Real Name: Alexander (or Aleksandr) Ivanovich Kuprin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Купри́н) Born: 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1870 Died: 25 August 1938