Nikolai Gogol





Nikolai Gogol

Author profile


born
in Sorochyntsi, Poltava guberniya, Ukraine
March 31, 1809

died
March 04, 1852

gender
male

genre

influences


About this author

Gogol (Николай Николай Гоголь) was born in the Ukrainian Cossack village of Sorochyntsi, in Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire, present-day Ukraine. His mother was a descendant of Polish nobility. His father Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky, a descendant of Ukrainian Cossacks, belonged to the petty gentry, wrote poetry in Russian and Ukrainian, and was an amateur Ukrainian-language playwright who died when Gogol was 15 years old.

In 1820 Gogol went to a school of higher art in Nizhyn and remained there until 1828. It was there that he began writing. Very early he developed a dark and secretive disposition, marked by a painful self-consciousness and boundless ambition. Equally early he developed an extraordinary talent for mimicry which later on...more


Average rating: 4.03 · 52,224 ratings · 2,005 reviews · 187 distinct works · Similar authors
Dead Souls
by
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 19,813 ratings — published 1842 — 266 editions
The Collected Tales of Niko...
by
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 4,082 ratings — published 1836 — 28 editions
The Overcoat and Other Shor...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 4,552 ratings — published 1842 — 29 editions
The Overcoat
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 4,081 ratings — published 1842 — 55 editions
The Nose
by
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3,699 ratings — published 1836 — 41 editions
Diary of a Madman and Other...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 3,920 ratings — published 1835 — 35 editions
Village Evenings Near Dikan...
by
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 2,461 ratings — published 1831 — 6 editions
The Inspector General
by
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,601 ratings — published 1835 — 101 editions
Taras Bulba
by
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 2,405 ratings — published 1835 — 113 editions
Nouvelles de Petersbourg
by
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 595 ratings — published 1842 — 59 editions
More books by Nikolai Gogol…
“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
Nikolai Gogol

“I am who I am and that's who I am”
Nikolai Gogol

“Two turtle doves will show thee
Where my cold ashes lie
And sadly murmuring tell thee
How in tears I did die”
Nikolai Gogol

Polls

54468
What did you think about our August Group Read Dead Soulsby Nikolai Gogol

It was a great reading, I really enjoyed it. 4 stars
 
  7 votes, 87.5%

One of the best of Gogol, a must-read and a master classic! 5 stars
 
  1 vote, 12.5%

It was really good, I'm glad I read it. 3 stars
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

I thought it was ok, but not that great, really. 2 stars
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

I really didn't get it but somehow I managed to finish it. 1 star
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

comments and details
More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Seasonal Read...: 10.10 (FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE) 28 193 Jan 10, 2010 07:52am  
Challenge: 50 Books: Elizabeth's 50 for 2010 1 49 Feb 03, 2010 06:27pm  
Horror Aficionados : Your Favorite Classic Literature 63 82 Feb 24, 2010 12:30pm  
The Seasonal Read...: 5.3 (S.P.R.I.N.G) 29 180 Feb 25, 2010 10:42am  
Romance Readers R...: Read the Month Challenge: April 227 251 May 04, 2010 12:59pm  
Romance Readers R...: Jane in France's Reading List 128 287 May 10, 2010 11:38am  
Romance Readers R...: Read-The-Season Challenge (Spring) 522 503 Jul 03, 2010 08:34am