Boris Abramovich Larin (pseudonym, real surname Epstein) is Soviet children's writer, screenwriter and poet. The author of humorous and satirical poems, as well as scripts of popular films and cartoons, including the dilogy
Junior and Karlson (1968) and
Karlson Returns (1970). In 1978 Boris Larin was awarded the Golden Calf Award of the Literary Newspaper (Club of 12 Chairs). Member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Screenwriter for the films
Mishka, Seryoga i ya (1962),
Yeshchyo mozhno uspet (1974),
Assol (1982), newsreel
Fuse (cinema journal) (1962).