Leo Tolstoy
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Birthplace: Tula, Russia Death: November 20, 1910 Leo Tolstoy is a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright and philosopher who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Tolstoy is a master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. He is best known for two long novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). (Source: Wikipedia)