Writing · Novel · Screenplay
Born Mar 17, 1908 · Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Active 1948–1981 · Awards: Stalin Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Boris Nikolayevich Polevoy was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, journalist and war correspondent. He is the author of the book The Story of a Real Man about Soviet World War II fighter pilot Aleksey Maresyev.