Pavel Nilin

Pavel Filippovich Nilin (; 17 January 1908 – 2 October 1981) was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, journalist and playwright, best known for his novel ''A Man Goes Uphill'' (1936), adapted to the big screen under the title ''A Great Life'', for which he, as a scriptwriter, received the Stalin Prize in 1941. Highly popular was his 1956 novel ''Cruelty''. Provided by Wikipedia