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Leo Tolstoy
Writer, Additional Credits
Born September 9, 1828Died November 20, 1910 (82 years)
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).
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).
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | |
| 2018 | Anna Karenina: Musical · as Novel |
| 2017 | Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story · as Novel |
| 2017 | Karenina & I · as Novel |
| 2016 | Winter Thaw · as Novel |
| 2016 | War & Peace (2016) (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 2013 | Anna Karenina (2013) (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 2009 | Anna Karenina (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 2008 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 2008 | The Kreutzer Sonata · as Novel |
| 2007 | War and Peace (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 2007 | Chouga · as Novel |
| 2005 | Frozen Land · as Novel |
| 2000 | Ivans xtc. · as Novel |
| 2000 | Anna Karenina (2000) (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1996 | Anantha Rathriya · as Novel |
| 1995 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1993 | A Beautiful Stranger · as Novel |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1985 | A Simple Death · as Novel |
| 1979 | Father Sergius · as Novel |
| 1977 | Anna Karenina (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1975 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1974 | Anna Karenina (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1972 | War & Peace (1972) (TV Series) · as Novel |
| 1972 | St. Michael Had a Rooster · as Novel |
| 1967 | War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov · as Novel |
| 1967 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1967 | War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 · as Novel |
| 1966 | War and Peace (TV Series) · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky · as Novel |
| 1965 | War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova · as Novel |
| 1965 | War and Peace · as Novel |
| 1961 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1961 | Kazaki · as Novel |
| 1960 | Voskreseniye · as Novel |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The White Warrior · as Novel |
| 1958 | Auferstehung · as Novel |
| 1958 | Amor prohibido · as Novel |
| 1956 | War and Peace · as Novel |
| 1953 | |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1948 | Amanti senza amore · as Novel |
| 1943 | Resurrección · as Novel |
| 1938 | Kreutzer Sonata · as Novel |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina · as Novel |
| 1934 | We Live Again · as Novel |
| 1930 | Redemption · as Novel |
| 1930 | The White Devil · as Novel |
| 1928 | Kazakebi · as Novel |
| 1928 | The Cossacks · as Novel |
| 1927 | Love · as Novel |
| 1918 | Father Sergius · as Novel |
| 1918 | Die Macht der Finsternis · as Novel |
| 1914 | Leben um Leben · as Novel |