Radij Pogodin was born on August 16, 1925 in Duplevo, Novgorod Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Tsvety dlya Oli (1976),
Dubravka (1967) and
Rasskazy o Keshke i ego druzyakh (1975). He died on March 30, 1993.