Aleksandr Amfiteatrov was born on December 26, 1862 in Kaluga, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kaluga Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for V strane lyubvi (1917), Nelly Raintseva (1916) and Teni grekha (1915). He died on February 26, 1938 in Levanto, Liguria, Italy.
