Konstantin Fedin
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Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin (Russian: Константин Александрович Федин) (24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1892) — July 15, 1977) was a Russian novelist and poet.
Fedin was born in Saratov, Russia. During the 1920s, he belonged to a literary group called the Serapion Brothers, who supported the Revolution but wanted freedom for literature and the arts. His first story, The Orchard, was published in 1920. From 1959 until his death he served as chair of the Union of Soviet Writers
