Boris Vasilev was born on May 21, 1924 in Smolensk, Smolenskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR as Boris Lvovich Vasilev. He was a writer, known for Ivanov kater (1972), An Ordinary Trip (1958) and Offiziere (1971). He was married to Zorya Albertovna Pole. He died on March 11, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.