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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Ṭôlsṭoy, Левъ Николаевич Толстой, Liev Tolstói, לעװ, טאלסטאי, لېو نيكولايوويچ تولستوى, Leo N. Tolstoy, Lev Nikolaievich Tolstoi, Lev Nikolajevic, Tolstoj, Lev Tolstof, León, Tolstoi, Liefu, Tuo'ersitai, لئو تولستوی, Lion Tolstoı̂, Lev Nikolaevitch Tolstoy, Lev Nikolajevic, 레오 니꼴라예비치 톨스토이, לעא, טאלסטוי, Leão Tolstoi, Лев Николаевич Толстой, L. N Tolstojus, Lyof N. Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoï, ל.נ טאלסטאי, Léon Tolstoi, טאלסאטי, Leo Nikolaievich Tolstoi, Tolsztoj, L.N. Tālstūy, Leon Tolstoj, Lleó, Count Lev Tolstoy, Lev Nikolaevich, Tolstoy, Lev N. Tolstói, Leo Nikolajevitsch Tolstoj, Lev, Tolstoy, Lléo Tolstoj, Léon Nikolaiévitch Tolstoi, L.N. Tolstoy, ל. נ., טאלסטאי, León Tolstói, Lyev Tolstoy, Толстоj, L. N. 똘스또이, Le'on Tālstoj, 톨스토이래프, L. Tolstoï, Lion, Tolstoı̂, Leo N. Tolstoi, トルストーイ, Nilolai Tolstoy, לעא טאלסטאי, లియో టాల్స్టాయ్, Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Léon, Tolstoï, L. N Tolstoĭ, Ļevs Nikolajevičs, Ļews, Lav Tolstoj, 레오 톨스토이, ל. נ טולסטוי, ליב, L̦evs N., Tolstojs, Левъ Николаевичъ, ཐོར་སི་ཐའེ།, Leo N Tolstoi, Tolstói, לעוו טאלסטאי, Λέων Τολστόι, Leão, Tuo'ersitai, Leo Nikolaevič Tolstoj, 列 托尔斯泰, ليو تولستوى, Lyof N., Tolstoi - Born:
- Aug. 27, 1828
- Died:
- Nov. 6, 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).










