Boris Bednyj was born on August 25, 1916 in Yaroslavskaya, Maikop, Kuban Oblast, Russian Empire [now Mostovskoy Raion, Krasnodar Krai, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Stepnye zori (1953) and So ein Mädel (1962). He died on February 22, 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
