protests of Tevosian's widow, who complained that the work unfairly discussed the more private aspects of her late husband's life. Accordingly, The New Appointment first appeared in Frankfurt am Main in 1972. Bek died on 2 November 1972 in Moscow. English Translations Volokolamsk Highway, Foreign Languages Publishing House, date unknown. And Not to Die: A Novel, SRT Publications, 1949. Berezhkov: The Story of an Inventor, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1958. References External links "Aleksandr Bek" at the SovLit Encyclopedia of Soviet Writers. "Alexander Bek v. Boris Pasternak" –a recorded chess game played between Alexander Bek and fellow writer Boris Pasternak in Moscow, 27 October 1947. 1903 births 1972 deaths Writers from Saratov Russian male novelists Socialist realism writers Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet novelists Soviet male writers Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War