Grossman Mark Solomonovich (22.01.1917, Rostov-on-Don - 1.11.1986, Chelyabinsk), poet, prose writer, member Joint Venture of the USSR (1956), participant Vel. Father. wars. From the family of a doctor. In 1931 he moved to Magnitogorsk, studied at the school of FZU, participated in the construction of MMK. After graduating from Magnitogorsk ped. in-ta taught at the school of Russian. language and lit-ru. Worked in gas. "Magnitogorsk worker." In 1937 he moved to Chel. Ed. ChelyabTASS department, head. Department of the region. Youth newspaper. The first stories and poems were published in 1933 in the journal "For Magnitostroy Literature."