Esfir Buranova was born on May 1, 1907 in Kainsk, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kuybyshev, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia]. Esfir was a writer, known for
Chyort s portfelem (1966),
Dragotsennye zyorna (1948) and
Vodyanoy (1962). Esfir died in 1994.