Biography
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 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).
Filmography
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Resurrection (2019)
Anna Karenina. The Intimate Diary (2019)
Dark as the Night. Anna Karenina (2019)
Anna Karenina Musical (2018)
Anna Karenina (2017)
Anna Karenina. Vronsky's Story (2017)
Karenina & I (2017)
Winter Thaw (2016)
The Woman Who Left (2016)
War and Peace (2016)
Anna Karenina (2013)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Boxing Day (2012)
2 Jacks (2012)
Tolstoi mit den Augen des Films (2010)
Greed Eats the Soul (2009)
Anna Karenina (2009)
The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
A Day in the Country (2008)
War and Peace (2007)
Chouga (2007)
Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna (2007)
Frozen Land (2005)
Resurrection (2001)
ivans xtc. (2000)
Anna Karenina (2000)
La guerre et la paix (2000)
Anna Karenina (1997)
Why? (1996)
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
Anantha Rathriya (1996)
Clay Classics: Michael the Visitor (1995)
Beautiful stranger (1993)
War and Peace (1991)
Night Sun (1990)
Kreutzer Sonata (1987)
Kreutzer Sonata (1987)
Старая азбука (1987)
A Simple Death (1985)
Albert (1985)
Anna Karenina (1985)
Two hussars (1984)
L'Argent (1983)
Little Filip (1982)
Things against the law (1982)
The Living Corpse (1981)
A Question Of Faith (1979)
Cinema in Russia (1979)
Father Sergius (1978)
Die Macht der Finsternis (1978)
Caucasian Story (1977)
Martin the Cobbler (1977)
Green, Bygone... (1976)
Anna Karenina (1975)
Caucasian Prisoner (1975)
Anna Karenina (1974)
Lemmi und die Schmöker (1973)
Детство. Отрочество. Юность (1973)
St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972)
Семейное счастье (1971)
The Living Corpse (1969)
Scarabea – How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1969)
Anna Karenina (1967)
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 (1967)
Der Tod des Iwan Iljitsch (1967)
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1966)
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky (1966)
War and Peace (1966)
War and Peace (1966)
Posle bala (1962)
Anna Karenina (1961)
The Cossacks (1961)
Resurrection (1960)
The River of Love (1960)
The White Warrior (1959)
Also People (1959)
Polikuschka (1958)
Resurrection (1958)
Forbidden Love (1958)
War and Peace (1956)
Locura pasional (1956)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
Wo die Liebe ist, da ist auch Gott (1955)
Anna (1955)
Resurrection (1955)
Broken Spring Dreams (1955)
Anna Karenina (1953)
The Living Corpse (1952)
Resurrection (1950)
Paris Nineteen Hundred (1948)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Lovers Without Love (1948)
Celos (1946)
Father Serge (1945)
Resurrección (1943)
What Men Live By (1938)
Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg (1938)
The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
Nights of Fire (1937)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1937)
Anna Karenina (1935)
We Live Again (1934)
The Woman of the Port (1934)
Resurrection (1931)
Resurrection (1931)
Her Boy (1930)
Redemption (1930)
The White Devil (1930)
The Living Corpse (1929)
Kazakebi (1928)
The Cossacks (1928)
Love (1928)
Resurrection (1927)
Resurrection (1926)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1926)
Die Macht der Finsternis (1924)
Auferstehung. Katjuscha Maslowa (1923)
Man by the Roadside (1923)
Résurrection (1923)
Bigamie (1922)
Polikushka (1922)
Die Kreutzersonate (1922)
Anna Karenina (1920)
Atonement (1919)
Anna Karenina (1918)
A Corpse Living (1918)
Father Sergius (1918)
Der lebende Leichnam (1918)
The Living Corpse (1918)
Resurrezione (1918)
Anna Karenine (1917)
The Weakness of Man (1916)
Anna Karenina (1915)
Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
War and Peace (1915)
Die Erkenntnis (1915)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1914)
Katyusha (1914)
Anna Karenina (1914)
Anna Karenina (1912)
Defence of Sevastopol (1911)
Anna Karenina (1911)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1911)
Le Comte Léon Tolstoï (1910)
Resurrection (1909)
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GenderMale
Birthday1828-09-09
Deathday1910-11-20 (82 years old)
Birth NameLev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Birth PlaceYasnaya Polyana, Russia
ReligionChristianity
Height
RelationshipsSophia Tolstaya (1862-09-23 - 1910-11-20)
ChildrenMikhail Tolstoy, Andrey Tolstoy, Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya, Sergey Tolstoy, Maria L'vovna Tolstaya, Ilya Tolstoy, Alexandra Tolstaya, Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
FatherNikolay Tolstoy
MotherMariya Volkonskaya
SiblingsMariya Tolstaya
RelativesPyotr Olegovich Tolstoy, Tatyana Tolstoy-Paus, Viktoria Tolstoy, Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy, Fyokla Tolstaya, Vladimir Tolstoy, Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy
CitizenshipsRussian Empire
ResidencesDenezhnyy Lane · Pyatnitskaya Street · Lev Tolstoy Street · Yapeeva Street · Dzerzhinsky Street · 11/2 · Tolstoy Urama · 25/68, Russia
Also Known AsЛев 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, Lew Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi, Лев Николаевич Толсто́й, Lew Tolstoj, Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
AwardsOrder of Saint Anna, 4th class, Medal In memory of Crimean War, Medal In memory of 50th anniversary of defence of Sevastopol, Medal For defence of Sebastopol
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