Leo Tolstoy

About

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828–1910), 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. 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...

Known for

War and PeaceSeries • 2016ivans xtc.Movie • 2000Anna KareninaMovie • 2012War and PeaceMovie • 1956Anna KareninaMovie • 1997War and PeaceSeries • 2007War and PeaceMovie • 1968L'ArgentMovie • 1983Frozen LandMovie • 2005Anna KareninaMovie • 1935Anna KareninaMovie • 1967War and Peace, Part I: Andrei BolkonskyMovie • 1966War and Peace, Part II: Natasha RostovaMovie • 1966War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre BezukhovMovie • 1967Anna KareninaMovie • 1948The Woman Who LeftMovie • 2016Anna Karenina. Vronsky's StoryMovie • 2017War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812Movie • 19672 JacksMovie • 2012LoveMovie • 1927Prisoner of the MountainsMovie • 1996The Kreutzer SonataMovie • 1956Father SergiusMovie • 1918