caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size birth_date image article_title name occupation
boris zhitkov 19 october 1938 moscow , ussr novgorod , russian empire -lrb- present-day russia -rrb- 200px september 11 1882 august 30 zhitkov boris.jpg boris zhitkov
 boris zhitkov novelist & playwright
boris zhitkov

boris stepanovich zhitkov -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- -- 19 october 1938 -rrb- was a russian author , mainly of children 's books .
