Author: Николай Носов
Alternate names: Николай Николаевич Носов; Nikolay Nosov; Nikolay Nikolayevich Nosov; Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Nossow; Nikolaǐ Nikolaevich Nosov; Nossow, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch; Nosov, Nikolai Nikolaevich
Born: 23 November [O.S. 10 November] 1908
Died: 26 July 1976
Bio: Nikolay Nikolayevich Nosov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Носов) was a Russian and Soviet writer of children's literature, the author of a number of humorous short stories, a school novel, and the popular trilogy of fairy tale novels about the adventures of Dunno and his friends.