Aleksandr Khazin was born on April 29, 1912 in Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Nevskiye melodii (1960), Povest o molodozhyonakh (1960) and Arkadiy Raykin (1968). He died on November 20, 1976 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].