Leo Tolstoy
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| –Count '''Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy''' ([[September 9]], [[1828]] – [[November 20]] [[1910]]) , commonly referred to in [[English language|English]] as '''Leo Tolstoy''', was a [[Russia]]n [[writer]] – [[novelist]], [[essayist]], [[dramatist]] and [[philosopher]] – as well as [[Pacifism|pacifist]] [[Christian anarchism|Christian anarchist]] and [[Education reform|educational reformer]]. He is perhaps the most influential member of the [[aristocracy|aristocratic]] [[Tolstoy|Tolstoy family]]. | –Count '''Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy''' ([[September 9]], [[1828]] – [[November 20]] [[1910]]) , commonly referred to in [[English language|English]] as '''Leo Tolstoy''', was a [[Russia]]n [[writer]] – [[novelist]], [[essayist]], [[dramatist]] and [[philosopher]] – as well as [[Pacifism|pacifist]] [[Christian anarchism|Christian anarchist]] and [[Education reform|educational reformer]]. He is perhaps the most influential member of the [[aristocracy|aristocratic]] [[Tolstoy|Tolstoy family]]. | ||
| - | As a fiction writer Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces ''[[War and Peace]]'' and ''[[Anna Karenina]]''. In their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of 19th-century Russian life, the two books stand at the peak of [[realism (arts)|realistic fiction]]. As a moral philosopher Tolstoy was notable for his ideas on [[nonviolent resistance]] through works such as ''[[The Kingdom of God is Within You]]'', which in turn influenced such twentieth-century figures as [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] and [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | As a fiction writer Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces ''[[War and Peace]]'' and ''[[Anna Karenina]]''. In their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of 19th-century Russian life, the two books stand at the peak of [[realism (arts)|realistic fiction]]. As a moral philosopher Tolstoy was notable for his ideas on [[nonviolent resistance]] through works such as ''[[The Kingdom of God is Within You]]'', which in turn influenced such twentieth-century figures as [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] and [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]].{{GFDL}} |
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–Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20 1910) , commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer – novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher – as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He is perhaps the most influential member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family.
As a fiction writer Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. In their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of 19th-century Russian life, the two books stand at the peak of realistic fiction. As a moral philosopher Tolstoy was notable for his ideas on nonviolent resistance through works such as The Kingdom of God is Within You, which in turn influenced such twentieth-century figures as Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr..
