Author: Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko
Born: 27 July 1853
Died: 25 December 1921
Bio: Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Russian: Влади́мир Галактио́нович Короле́нко) was a Russian writer, journalist, human rights activist. His best-known work include the short novel The Blind Musician (1886), as well as numerous short stories based upon his experience of exile in Siberia. Korolenko was a strong critic of the Tsarist regime and in his final years of the Bolsheviks.