For the ice hockey player, see Dmitry Bykov (ice hockey)Dmitry Lvovich Bykov (Russian: Дми́трий Льво́вич Бы́ков; IPA: [ˈdʲmʲitrʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪtɕ ˈbɨkəf]; born 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, poet and journalist. He is also known as biographer of Boris Pasternak, Bulat Okudzhava and Maxim Gorky.Being one of the most prolific modern Russian writers, in recent years he has gained additional recognition for his biography of Boris Pasternak, published in 2005.