Aleksandr I. Kuprin

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (;  – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels ''The Duel'' (1905) and ''Yama: The Pit'' (1915), as well as ''Moloch'' (1896), ''Olesya'' (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and ''The Garnet Bracelet'' (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie. Provided by Wikipedia