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Nikolai Gogol

Country

Russia

Birth - Death

1809 - 1852

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Description

Noted for novels 'Dead Souls' and 'The Overcoat', and the theatre play 'The Government Inspector'. Author of Russian realism and romanticism, with works that were often satires of political life. This lead to his eventual exile from Russia. Considered a master of the short story at the time.