Leo Tolstoy
Age: 82 | From: Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tula Oblast, Russia]
Person Details
Birthday: 1828-09-09 15:28:31
Death: 1910-11-20 15:28:31
Aliases: Лев Толстой , Lev Tolstoy , LéonTolstoï , León Tolsoi , Count Leo Tolstoi , Leo N. Tolstoi , Leone Tolstoi , Leon Tolstoi , Leo Tolstoi , León Tolstoi , Lyof N. Tolstoi , Lev Nikolajevic Tolstoj , Tolstoj , Count Leo Tolstoy , L.N. Tolstoy , Comte Léon Tolstoï , Léon Tolstoï , Tolstoï , Liev Tolstói , Lev Tolsztoj
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tula Oblast, Russia]
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Movie Involvements: 110
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
Biography
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (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 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), 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo Tolstoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
War and Peace
(2016) Novel
Anna Karenina
(2012) Novel
War and Peace
(2007) Creator
War and Peace
(1956) Novel
L'Argent
(1983) Story
War and Peace
(1966) Novel
Anna Karenina
(2000) Novel
Anna Karenina
(1997) NovelActing
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| 1948 | Self (archive footage) (as Leo Tolstoy) | |
| 1910 | Self (as Comte Léon Tolstoï) | |
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| 1972 | Novel | |
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| 1969 | Theatre Play | |
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| 1948 | Novel | |
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| 1931 | Novel | |
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| 1930 | Short Story | |
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| 1909 | Novel | |
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