Konstantin Paustovsky

Konstantin Paustovsky (1892–1968) was born in Moscow and grew up in Ukraine. Paustovksy witnessed the breakout of World War I while studying law at the University of Moscow and went on to document life in Soviet Russia through a turbulent revolutionary period in his novels, novellas, and short stories. In 1965, Paustovsky was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature.
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