KOZLOV-Kuman Prokofiev

(18.VII. 1920 g.Klintsy Bryansk region. - 23.VI.1987, Smolensk)
Finished the secondary school in Leningrad, went to university. A volunteer went to the front, fighting in the north-west. He was wounded and discharged. Lived in Moscow, published in newspapers. The first literary efforts were seen AA. Fadeev. In 1944, Mr.. K.-K. entered the Literary Institute. M. Gorky. In 1945, Mr.. and was arrested on false political charges was sentenced to 8 years. After rehabilitation (1957) worked as a journalist in Kazakhstan. Since 1962. lived in Smolensk and worked in the newspaper "Work Path" first as a correspondent, then head of the department. In these same years was engaged in writing activities. Has published two stories: "An Smirnov and others" and "Doctor Horsetail, devoted to the events and people of the Great Patriotic War.