Vorobiev Evgeniy Zakharovich [b. 11.29 (12.12).1910, Riga - 1990)], Russian Soviet writer, journalist, screenwriter. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Journalism (1934). Worked for the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. He was awarded 2 orders, as well as medals. The main theme of his stories, novels and novels is war, the military feat of the Soviet people. Author of the books: “Fellow Soldiers” (1947), “Square of the Map” (1950), “Nothing is more expensive” (6th ed., 1956), “Comrades from the Western Front. Essays" (1964), "How many years, how many winters. Tales and Stories" (1964), "Earth, on demand" (1969-70), etc. In 1952, the most significant book by Evgeny Vorobyov was published - the novel "Height" - about the construction of a plant in the Southern Urals, which was based on an even more popular film "Height" (1957).