Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian novelist and moral thinker, and the author of the epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
- Lived
- 1828–1910
- Nationality
- Russian
Leo Tolstoy was born into a Russian aristocratic family and served in the army before devoting himself to writing. War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) are regarded as peaks of the realist novel.
In later life he turned to religious and moral writing, advocated nonviolence, and influenced readers and activists around the world.
Books by this author
- War and Peace (1869)