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Konstantin Paustovsky

Born on May 19, 1892

134

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Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky (Russian: Константи́н Гео́ргиевич Паусто́вский, pronounced; 31 May 1892 – 14 July 1968) was a Soviet writer nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968.

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