February 1, 1884 - March 10, 1937
Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism and political satire
Author of "The Islanders", "The Cave" (became a Russian film in 1927 called "The House in the Snow-Drifts") and "We: A Novel" (became a German television film in 1982 called "Wir")
"We" received a Prometheus Award in the Libertarian Futurist Society's "Hall of Fame" category