Member of the CPSU(b) since 1944. He graduated from hood. Uch-school, started out as a theatre. artist. Lived and worked in Leningrad. A participant of the war. Published since 1945, supported by M. Zoshchenko. Also wrote for children, was a playwright and screenwriter. The story "We'll meet again" (1946), SB-Ki short stories and novels "the Sixth car" (1957), "the Sky morning and evening" (1962), "13 stories" (1966), etc. manuf.