Pavel Nilin
Pavel Nilin | |
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| Born | Pavel Filippovich Danilin January 17, 1908 Irkutsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 2, 1981 (aged 73) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Writer, screenwriter, journalist |
| Genre | Fiction, drama |
| Notable works | Cruelty (1956) |
Pavel Filippovich Nilin (Russian: Павел Филиппович Нилин; January 17, 1908 – October 2, 1981) was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, journalist and playwright, best known for his novel A Man Goes Uphill (1936), adapted to the big screen under the title A Great Life, for which he, as a scriptwriter, received the Stalin Prize in 1941. His 1956 novel Cruelty was highly popular.