Daniil Granin
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Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin (pseudonym of D.A. German (Russian: Даниил Гранин, Даниил Александрович Герман; born 1 January 1919) is a Russian writer, best known as the author of stories about Soviet intelligentsia.
He was born in the town of Volyn (currently Ukraine) on 1 January 1919. His first novel, Those Who Seek (Iskateli) was published in 1955.
One of his most popular books is the 1987 novel Bison (Zubr) that tells of the Soviet geneticist Nikolay Timofeeff-Ressovsky. His other recognized work is The Blockade Book (in Russian "Блокадная книга", 1977-81; in English translation, 2003), a testimony of the events of the Siege of Leningrad of 1941-44. Written together with Ales Adamovich, this book is based on several hundred interviews, often quoted directly, as selected by the book authors.
The book was nominated for the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage.
