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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S. 21 February] 1852) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the grotesque in his writings, for example in his works "The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt".
Nikolay Gogol (1809–52) was a Ukrainian-born short-story writer and novelist whose work deeply influenced Russian literature. His novel Myortvye dushi (1842; Dead Souls) and his short story “Shinel” (1842; “The Overcoat”) are considered the foundations of the great 19th-century tradition of Russian realism.
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Nikolai Gogol (ニコライ・ゴーゴリ,, Nikorai Gōgori?, Russian: Никола́й Го́голь) is a former member of the Decay of the Angel. His ability is named The Overcoat. Gogol has white layered, sharp hair swept to the left side of his face.
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- March 4, 1852
- March 31, 1809
- Dead Souls.
- The Overcoat.
- The Inspector General.
- The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolai Gogol, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
One of the finest comic authors of world literature, and perhaps its most accomplished nonsense writer, Gogol is best known for his short stories, for his play Revizor (1836; The Inspector General, or The Government Inspector), and for Myortvye dushi (1842; Dead Souls), a prose narrative that is nevertheless subtitled a “poem.” “Nos ...
Nov 26, 2019 · Learn about the life, works, and style of Nikolai Gogol, a Russian writer who bridged the gap between Romanticism and realism. Explore his use of humor, description, and supernatural elements in his stories of the Ukraine, St. Petersburg, and the bureaucrats.
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Nikolay Gogol, (born March 19, 1809, Sorochintsy, near Poltava, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died Feb. 21, 1852, Moscow, Russia), Russian writer. Gogol tried acting and worked at minor government jobs in St. Petersburg before achieving literary success with Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (1831–32).
