Nikolai Leskov
Novelist, Author
1831 – 1895
Who was Nikolai Leskov?
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitskiy. 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, The Cathedral Clergy, The Enchanted Wanderer, and The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea.
Leskov received his formal education at the Oryol Lyceum. In 1847 Leskov joined the Oryol criminal court office, later transferring to Kiev where he worked as a clerk, attended university lectures, mixed with local people, and took part in various student circles. In 1857 Leskov quit his job as a clerk and went to work for the private trading company Scott & Wilkins owned by Alexander Scott, his aunt's English husband.
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- Born
- Feb 16, 1831
Oryol - Also known as
- N. S. Leskov
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- Profession
- Died
- Mar 5, 1895
Saint Petersburg
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on July 23, 2013
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