Aleksandr Prokofyev was born on December 2, 1900 in Kobona, Sankt Peterburgskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Kirovskiy municipal rayon, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia]. Aleksandr is known for Goryachie denyochki (1935) and Dragotsennye zyorna (1948). Aleksandr died on September 18, 1971 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].
