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Nikolai Leskov

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 1201413

IMDb ID: nm0504025

Known for: Writing

Born: February 16, 1831

Died: March 5, 1895

Age: 64

Place of birth: Gorokhovo, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1923 - 2026

Years active: 104

Average TMDB rating: 6.56

Wikidata: Q209004

Also known as

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov • Николaй Сeмёнович Лесков • Nikolay Leskov • N. V. Leskov • Н. С. Лесков

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Book (6)Novel (6)Original Story (4)Short Story (2)Story (1)Theatre Play (1)

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Biography

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 Gorky 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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