Alexander Bek Writer
Alexander Alfredovich Bek (Russian: Алекса́ндр Альфре́дович Бек; 3 January 1903 [O.S. 21 December 1902] – 2 November 1972), sometimes transliterated from the Russian Cyrillic as Aleksandr Bek or Anglicized to Alexander Beck, was a Soviet novelist and writer.