Author: Boris Nikolaevich Polevoĭ
Born: 17 March 1908
Died: 12 July 1981
Bio: Boris Nikolaevich Polevoy (or Polevoi) (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Полево́й) was a Russian/Soviet writer.  He is the author of the book *Story of a Real Man* about Soviet World War II fighter pilot Aleksey Maresyev.