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Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy ( Russian: Граф Алексе́й Константи́нович Толсто́й; September 5 [ O.S. August 24] 1817 – October 10 [ O.S. September 28] 1875), often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most important nineteenth-century ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Aleksey Konstantinovich, Count Tolstoy was a Russian poet, novelist, and dramatist. He was an outstanding writer of humorous and satirical verse, serious poetry, and novels and dramas on historical themes. A distant relative of Leo Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich held various honorary posts at
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Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy was a major figure in 19th-century Russian literature. He was a prolific writer who worked across genres, penning poems, novels, plays, and historical ballads. His work often explored themes of history, mythology, and the human condition.
Jun 11, 2018 · TOLSTOY, ALEXEI KONSTANTINOVICH. (1817 – 1875), writer of drama, fiction, and poetry; considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist. A member of the Russian nobility, Alexei Tolstoy was expected to serve at court and in the diplomatic service, which prevented him from writing full time until relatively ...
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy ( Russian: Алексей Константинович Толстой; September 5 [O.S. August 24] 1817 – October 10] [O.S. September 28] 1875) was a Russian poet, novelist and dramatist. Not as famous internationally as his distant relative, Leo Tolstoy he was nevertheless a writer of considerable ...
With his mother and uncle, Aleksey travelled to Europe in 1827, touring Italy and visiting Goethe in Weimar. Goethe would always remain one of Tolstoy's favourite poets, and in 1867 he made notable translations of Der Gott und die Bajadere and Die Braut von Korinth. In 1834, Aleksey was enrolled at the Moscow Archive of the Ministry of Foreign ...
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Died: 10 October 1875. Russian Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy or Alexei Tolstoy, best known as A.K. Tolstoy (1817-1875), was a Russian poet, novelist, and satirist, a member of the famous Tolstoy family, and a second cousin to Leo Tolstoy. During his childhood, A.K. was "a comrade in games" with the future Crown Prince, Alexander II.
