Nikolay Gogol

Table of Contents

Quotes References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

For Students

Nikolay Gogol summary

Read Next

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Britannica's Book Bingo. Take our reading challenge! Books range form greatest, banned, and counterculture.

Britannica’s Book Bingo

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

Girl Reading On Turquoise Couch

9 American Countercultural Books

Discover

American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.

What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?

Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) (ad 50-54) the fifth Roman emperor (ad 54-68), stepson and heir of the emperor Claudius.

Did Nero Really Fiddle as Rome Burned?

Emperor penguins in Antarctica (arctic animal; arctic bird; penguin)

How Do Penguins Tell Each Other Apart?

Close-up of tobacco plants in Ontario, Canada. Tobacco, Nicotiana, cured leaves used after processing in various ways for smoking, snuffing, chewing, and extracting of nicotine.

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

United States electoral college map showing number of electoral votes by state.

How Does the Electoral College Work?

Close-up of ostriches (Struthio camelus) necks and heads; location unknown.

6 of the World's Most Dangerous Birds

Nikolay Gogol: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol
Born	March 31, 1809 • Ukraine
Died	March 4, 1852 (aged 42) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Works	“Arabesques” • “Dead Souls” • “Diary of a Madman” • “Mirgorod” • “Nevsky prospekt” • “Selected Passages from Correspondence with My Friends” • “Taras Bulba” • “The Government Inspector” • “The Nose” • “The Overcoat”

Photos

See All Images →

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

Russian literature: Nikolay Gogol

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Russian author

Bulgakov, c. 1932

Mikhail Bulgakov

Russian author

Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Count Saltykov

Russian author

Voltaire

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Russian writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

Russian writer

Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich

Leonid Andreyev

Russian author

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, portrait after an oil painting by I.E. Repin, 1879

Aleksey Konstantinovich, Count Tolstoy

Russian writer

Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Griboyedov

Russian dramatist

Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov

Russian writer

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Irish author

August Strindberg

August Strindberg

Swedish dramatist

Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg

Scandinavian author

Marivaux, Pierre

Pierre Marivaux

French author

Behan

Brendan Behan

Irish author

Chingiz Aytmatov

Kyrgyz author

A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne

British author

Gutzkow

Karl Gutzkow

German writer

Quiz

Nobel prize-winning American author, Pearl S. Buck, at her home, Green Hills Farm, near Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 1962. (Pearl Buck)

Novels and Novelists Quiz