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๐ท๐บ Leo Tolstoy
Russia's greatest novelist; author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina
Russia 1828 Famous Authors
โ๏ธ Key Facts
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Born 1828; wrote War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878) โ cornerstones of world literature
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Later became a moral philosopher and Christian anarchist; influenced Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela
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Nominated for the Nobel Prize multiple times but never won โ the Swedish Academy called it a "mistake"
Gandhi and Tolstoy corresponded extensively; Tolstoy's non-violent philosophy deeply influenced Gandhi's satyagraha
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โ๏ธ Famous Authors
Country/Origin
๐ท๐บ Russia
Year / Era
1828
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Russia's greatest novelist; author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina