Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (née Veniamin Abelevich Zilber, April 19, 1902 – May 2, 1989) was a prominent Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist, and screenwriter. He is notably associated with the early 1920s literary movement known as the Serapion Brothers. Kaverin was born in Pskov, within the Russian Empire.

Kaverin's literary career was enriched by family connections, as his elder brother was the renowned immunologist Lev Zilber, and the influential critic Yury Tynyanov was his brother-in-law.

During the upheavals of World War II, while evacuated in Yaroslavl, Kaverin completed his most celebrated novel, The Two Captains (1938-44). This work vividly depicts the adventures of Russian polar explorers before and after the Revolution. The novel's widespread appeal is underscored by its receipt of the Stalin Prize in 1946, its reissuing 42 times over 25 years, and its adaptation for the screen twice, once in 1955 and again in 1976.