Nikolai Semenovich Leskov

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (Russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в) 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 Folk (1872), The Enchanted Wanderer (1873), and "The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea" (1881).

Born	16 February [O.S. 4 February] 1831
Died	5 March [O.S. 21 February] 1895

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Born	16 February [O.S. 4 February] 1831
Died	5 March [O.S. 21 February] 1895

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OLID: OL5986645A
ISNI: 0000000121024536
VIAF: 76318943
Wikidata: Q209004
Inventaire.io: wd:Q209004

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N. S. Leskov
Nikolai Leskov
Nikolaï Leskov
Nikolaj Leskov
Nikolaĭ Semenovich Leskov
N. S Leskov
Nicolas Leskov
Nikolas Leskov
N. S. LESKOV
LESKOV, N.S. (NIKOLAI SEMENOVICH), 1831-1895.
LESKOV, NIKOLAI (NIKOLAI SEMENOVICH), 1831-1895.
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov
Leskov N. S.
Nikolai Lesskow

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Nikolai Semenovich Leskov