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- Leo Tolstoy was a famous Russian writer.
- He is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time.
- His original name was Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy.
- He is said to have been influenced by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Alexander Pushkin among others.
- He is well known for his mastery of realism in his works.
- His most famous works are “Anna Karenina” and “War and Peace”.
- He never won the Nobel Prize but was nominated for the same in 1901.
- His relationship with his wife is one that is very interesting and complex.
- They are said to have communicated through their diaries.
- They, in fact, seemed to have shared a “love-hate” relationship.