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Лев Толстой

  • Лев Николаевич Толстой
  • Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
  • León Tolstói
  • Léon Tolstoï
  • Lev Tolstoi
  • Leo Tolstoi
  • Leo Tolstoy
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Толстой, Лев
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Date of birth
1828-09-09
Place of birth
Russia
Date of death
1910-11-20
Place of death
Ryazanskaya oblast'

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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (; Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential 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.

Born into an aristocratic family, Tolstoy's notable works include the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction, and two of the greatest books of all time. 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 such as "After the Ball" (1911), and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859) and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and essays concerning philosophical, moral and religious themes.

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 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, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly in his novel Resurrection (1899).

Tolstoy received praise from countless authors and critics, both during his lifetime and after. Virginia Woolf called Tolstoy "the greatest of all novelists", while Gary Saul Morson referred to War and Peace as the greatest of all novels. Tolstoy never having won a Nobel Prize during his lifetime was a major Nobel Prize controversy, and continues to remain one.

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Russian writer, who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

Last modified: 2020-08-11 (revision #19998)

Editions

NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Anna Karenina: Ein Roman in acht Teilen (Goldmanns gelbe Taschenbücher)Paperback?1970
Roman einer EhePaperback3-442-12802-11973
Die Kosaken: Eine Erzählung aus dem Kaukasus (purple cover)Hardcover?1961
Kindheit, Knabenalter, JünglingsjahreHardcover??
Krieg und Frieden (Marianne Kegel translation, Winkler special edition)Hardcover3-538-06543-81975
Glück der EheHardcover??
The Power of DarknesseBook?2022-01-20
The Kingdom of God Is Within YoueBook?2016-12-02
ResurrectioneBook?2021-09-06
Anna KareninaeBook?2020-05-21
War and PeaceeBook?2020-07-28
War and PeaceeBook97803078065812011-10-05
What Is Art?eBook?2021-12-06
Short Fiction (Leo Tolstoy)eBook?2021-04-27
Anna KareninaPaperback?1887
Hadji MurádeBook?2020-10-08
A ConfessioneBook?2015-11-26
Война и мирPaperback?1867-12-31
Die Kosaken: Eine Erzählung aus dem Kaukasus (white-brown cover by Knut Liese)Hardcover??
Das Schlachten beenden! Zur Kritik der Gewalt an Tieren; anarchistische, feministische, pazifistische und linkssozialistische TraditionenPaperback978-3-939045-13-72010
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128382
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OpenLibrary Author ID
OL26783A
VIAF
96987389
Wikidata ID
Q7243

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