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      • Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol [b] (1 April [ O.S. 20 March] 1809 [a] – 4 March [ O.S. 21 February] 1852) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin.
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  2. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S. 21 February] 1852) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used grotesque, for example in his works "The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt".

  3. Nikolay Gogol (1809–52) was a Ukrainian-born short-story writer and novelist whose work deeply influenced Russian literature. His novel Myortvye dushi (1842; Dead Souls) and his short story “Shinel” (1842; “The Overcoat”) are considered the foundations of the great 19th-century tradition of Russian realism.

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  4. Jun 8, 2018 · Gogol, Nikolai (1809–52) Russian novelist and dramatist whose work marks the transition from Romanticism to early realism. Gogol made his reputation with stories, such as The Nose (1835), and the drama The Government Inspector (1836). He turned to religion and lived mostly in Rome from 1836–48.

  5. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. He contributed to Russian literature through his magnificently crafted dramas, novels and short stories. He was one of the major proponents of the natural school of Russian literary realism.

  6. GOGOL (Ianovskii), Nikolai (Vasil'evich)Nationality: Russian. Born: Sorochintsii, 19 March 1809. Education: Nezhin high school, 1821-28. Career: Civil servant, 1828-31; history teacher, Patriotic Institute, St. Petersburg, 1831-34; private tutor, 1831-34; assistant lecturer in history, University of St. Petersburg, 1834-36.

  7. Nikolai Gogol Biography. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (GAW-guhl) was born in the village of Sorochintsy, near the town of Dikanka in Ukraine, then a part of the Russian empire, on March 31, 1809. Gogol was the first surviving child of Vasily Afanasievich Gogol-Yanovsky, a landowner of dubious claim to Polish nobility who owned 150 to 200 serfs and ...

  8. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, born on March 19 March 31, New Style, 1809, in Sorochintsy, near Poltava, Ukraine, Russian Empire now in Ukraine [ [?]], was a Ukrainian-born humorist, dramatist, and novelist [1†] [2†]. His works, written in Russian, significantly influenced the direction of Russian literature [1†] [2†] [3†].

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