"Fate"fully, Alexander Borodin won a 1954 Tony as composer of this musical-- even though he'd died in 1887!
[DOC] [TLE] EIMI Notes - Gvsu [PAR] 12 / 13: that prominent Russian writer = Vladimir Lidin, who is supposed to meet 
.... Anthony Arthur writes that even though the couple "were disillusioned by their 
... Or it may seem that he knows something all right, but he won't tell.