Boris Zhitkov

Boris Zhitkov

Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov, Russian "Борис Степанович Житков" (1882 — 1938) was Russian children's author, his works included numerous books in which he, in a figurative form, described various professions. In 1916 - 1924 he was a sailor, later a ship captain. He is best known for the hugely successful children's travel book "What I Saw" (Что Я Видел) about summer vacation adventures of a curious little boy nicknamed Pochemuchka.

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