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
all 169
Movies 160
Writer 39
TV Shows 9
self 5
Screenplay 2
Creator 1
Anna Karenina (2023)
Anna Karenina (2017)
Karenina & I (2017)
Winter Thaw (2016)
Anna Karenina (2013)
Boxing Day (2012)
2 Jacks (2012)
Greed Eats the Soul (2009)
A Day in the Country (2008)
War and Peace (2007)
Chouga (2007)
Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna (2007)
Frozen Land (2005)
Leo Tolstoy - Larger than the others (2003)
Resurrection (2001)
ivans xtc. (2000)
The Luzhin Defence (2000)
Anna Karenina (2000)
War and Peace (2000)
Why? (1996)
Night Sun (1990)
The Visit (1989)
The Light Shines in the Darkness (1988)
Kreutzer Sonata (1987)
Albert (1985)
Two hussars (1984)
Three Bears (1984)
Лебеди (1983)
Little Filip (1982)
The Jump (1980)
Cinema in Russia (1979)
Bestia (1979)
Caucasian Story (1977)
Green, Bygone... (1976)
Anna Karenina (1974)
War & Peace (1972)
The Living Corpse (1969)
War and Peace (1966)
Posle bala (1962)
Also People (1959)
Polikuschka (1958)
The Three Bears (1958)
Locura pasional (1956)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
Anna (1955)
Resurrection (1955)
Anna Karenina (1953)
The Living Corpse (1952)
Resurrection (1950)
Paris Nineteen Hundred (1948)
Celos (1946)
Father Serge (1945)
Resurrección (1943)
Nights of Fire (1937)
Resurrection (1931)
Her Boy (1930)
Redemption (1930)
The Living Corpse (1929)
Kazakebi (1928)
The Cossacks (1928)
Love (1927)
Die Macht der Finsternis (1924)
Bigamie (1922)
Polikushka (1922)
Atonement (1919)
A Corpse Living (1918)
The Weakness of Man (1916)
Katyusha (1914)
Anna Karenina (1912)
The Living Corpse (1911)
The First Distiller (1911)
Le Comte Léon Tolstoï (1910)
The Power of Darkness (1909)
Broken Spring Dreams
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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1828-09-09
Deathday
1910-11-20 (82 years old)
Birth Name
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Birth Place
Yasnaya Polyana, Russia
Religion
Christianity
Height
Relationships
Sophia Tolstaya (1862 - 1910)
Children
Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya, Sergey Tolstoy, Maria L'vovna Tolstaya, Ilya Tolstoy, Alexandra Tolstaya, Lev Lvovich Tolstoy, Mikhail Tolstoy, Andrey Tolstoy
Father
Nikolay Tolstoy
Mother
Mariya Volkonskaya
Siblings
Mariya Tolstaya, Nikolay Tolstoy
Relatives
Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy, Tatyana Tolstoy-Paus, Viktoria Tolstoy, Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy, Fyokla Tolstaya, Vladimir Tolstoy, Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy
Citizenships
Russian Empire
Residences
Denezhnyy Lane · Pyatnitskaya Street · Lev Tolstoy Street · Yapeeva Street · Dzerzhinsky Street · 11/2 · Tolstoy Urama · 25/68, Russia
Also Known As
Lev Tolstoy, León Tolsoi, Count Leo Tolstoi, Leo N. Tolstoi, Leone Tolstoi, Leon Tolstoi, León Tolstoi , Lyof N. Tolstoi , Tolstoj , Count Leo Tolstoy , L.N. Tolstoy , Comte Léon Tolstoï , Léon Tolstoï, Tolstoï , Liev Tolstói , Lev Tolsztoj, Lew Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi, Lew Tolstoj, Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikolajewitsch Graf Tolstoi, Lew Tolstoi, לב טולסטוי, レフ・トルストイ, Λέων Τολστόη, Lev Nikolaïevitch Tolstoï, Lev Tolstoï
Awards
Order 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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