Aleksandr Kuprin was born on September 7, 1870 in Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire [now Penza Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Trus (1914),
Granatovyy braslet (1965) and
Sisters of the Gion (1936). He was married to Yelizaveta Maritsovna Geinrikh and Maria Karlovna Davydova. He died on August 25, 1938 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].