Home › Authors › Boris Nikolaevich Polevoĭ Boris Nikolaevich Polevoĭ 2 books Biography Boris Nikolaevich Polevoy (or Polevoi) (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Полево́й) was a Russian/Soviet writer. He is the author of the book *Story of a Real Man* about Soviet World War II fighter pilot Aleksey Maresyev. Books by Boris Nikolaevich Polevoĭ Povest'o nastoishchem chelovek Povest'o nastoishchem cheloveke 1964 Zhen zheng de ren 1949