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).
Nikolai Semenovich Leskov
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Russian writer (1831–1895)
| Born | 16 February [O.S. 4 February] 1831 |
| Died | 5 March [O.S. 21 February] 1895 |
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Nikolai Semenovich Leskov
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Russian writer (1831–1895)
| 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.
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