Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. That he never won is a major controversy.Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, Tolstoy is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. His fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859), "After The Ball" (1911) and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. In the 1870s, Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on …
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Лев Николаеви Толстой, Леў, Талстой, ليو تولستوي, and 411 others
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Տոլստոյ, Leo, Tolstoj, تولستوي، ليف نيكولايافيتش،, Léon Nikolaevitch Tolstoï, Ljef Nikolájewitsj Tolstój, L. N. Tolstojs, L. N Tolstoĭ, Lléo Tolstoj, Lav Nikolajevic, Tolstoj, Leon Tolstoy, Lev Tolstoj, เลโอ ตอลสตอย, Лев, Толстой, T'o-erh-ssu-t'ai, Лав Толстој, לב, טולסטוי, لئون تولستوى, Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoj, ליעװ טאלסטאי, Lev Tolstòj, Liʾūn Tūlstūy, Lev Nikolaievich Tolstoy, Lyev Tolstoy, L.N Tolstoi, Lev, Tolstojs, Leôn Tolstoy, Leŭ Talstoj, ל., טולסטױ, Leo Nicolaevich Tolstoy, Lyof N. Tolstoï, تولستوي، ليون, Levas Tolstojus, Lew, Tołstoj, Lef Nikolayewič Tolstoy, Lev, Tolstói, 레프 N. 톨스토이, Leo N Tolstoi, Lion Tolstoı̂, לעוו, טאלסטאי, L.N. Tālstūy, Lev Tolstoi, ليو تولستوي،, ಲಿಯೊ ಟಾಲ್ಸ್ಟಾಯ್, Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi, לעוו טאלסטוי, Léon Nikolaievitch, Tolstoï, L. N. 똘스또이, Liyo Ṭôlasṭāya, Leo N. Tolstoj, Leõ Tolstói, Lev Tolsztoj, Léon, Tolstoy, Leo Nikolajevitsch, Tolstoj - Born:
- Aug. 28, 1828
- Died:
- Nov. 7, 1910
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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. That he never won is a major controversy.Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, Tolstoy is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. His fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859), "After The Ball" (1911) and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. In the 1870s, Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. His ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), had a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. He also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection (1899).