Semyon Nikolaevich Kurilov (Russian: Семён Николаевич Курилов) was a Yukagir writer. Born into a family of reindeer herders. He graduated from the 7th grade of high school. He worked on a collective farm, a village council and in cultural and educational institutions of the ulus. In addition to his native Yukaghir, he spoke Russian, Yakut, Even and Chukchi. Published since 1961. His first story "See you in the tundra" was published in the collection "From Moscow to the taiga, one nomad" (Publishing house "Young Guard"). In 1969 his main novel "Hanido and Khalerha" was published by the publishing house "Soviet Russia". This is a large, highly artistic work about the life, way of life and customs of the northern peoples.