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Nikolai Leskov

Nikolai Leskov

Known For Writing
Birthday Feb 16, 1831
Died Mar 05, 1895 (64)
Birthplace Gorokhovo, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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Entry Date Aug 24, 2025
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Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (1831–1895) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique writing style and innovative experiments in form, and held in high esteem by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Go ... rky among others, Leskov is credited with creating a comprehensive picture of contemporary Russian society using mostly short literary forms. His major works include Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1865) (which was later made into an opera by Shostakovich), The Cathedral Clergy (1872), The Enchanted Wanderer (1873), and "The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea" (1881).

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