Author: Alexander Kazantsev
Alternate names: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Каза́нцев; Alexander Petrowitsch Kasanzew; Alexander Kasanzew; Alexander Petrovitch Kazantsev
Born: 2 September 1906
Died: 13 September 2002
Bio: Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Каза́нцев) was a popular Soviet and Russian science fiction writer, ufologist and chess composer.