Leo Tolstoy

1828 – 1910 · died at about 82^[1][2]

Literature

Fun Facts About Leo Tolstoy

• Leo Tolstoy was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 but never won. In 1906 he asked a Swedish acquaintance to make sure he would not be chosen.^[1]
• Tolstoy died of pneumonia at Astapovo railway station after a day's train journey. Some sources say he spent his last hours preaching to fellow passengers.^[1]
• Tolstoy's wife, Sonya, copied out his epic novels by hand time after time and acted as his secretary, editor, and financial manager. They had 13 children.^[1]
• Tolstoy corresponded with Gandhi, who called him "the greatest apostle of non-violence that the present age has produced" and named an ashram in South Africa after him.^[1][3][4]
• Tolstoy was a major supporter of the Esperanto movement, and he helped the pacifist Doukhobors migrate to Canada.^[1]
• Tolstoy was excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1901. A 2001 appeal by his great-great-grandson to reconsider failed to change it.^[1]
• Leo Tolstoy and Thomas Edison were alive at the same time for 63 years.^[1][2][5][6]
• Leo Tolstoy was alive at the same time as Kwame Nkrumah — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1909–1910).^[1][2][7][8]

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.^[1]

Contemporaries

Florence Nightingale

82 yr overlap

Harriet Tubman

82 yr overlap

Susan B. Anthony

78 yr overlap

Henrik Ibsen

78 yr overlap

Jules Verne

77 yr overlap

Mark Twain

75 yr overlap

Andrew Carnegie

75 yr overlap

Giuseppe Verdi

73 yr overlap

Queen Victoria

73 yr overlap

Dmitri Mendeleev

73 yr overlap

John D. Rockefeller

71 yr overlap

Otto von Bismarck

70 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Leo Tolstoy

When was Leo Tolstoy born?

Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, and died on November 20, 1910.

How old was Leo Tolstoy at death?

Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, and died on November 20, 1910, at age 82.

What was Leo Tolstoy known for?

Leo Tolstoy was known for: War and Peace, Anna Karenina. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.

Who was alive at the same time as Leo Tolstoy?

Leo Tolstoy's closest contemporary was Florence Nightingale. Their lives overlapped for 82 years.