Nikolai Gogol: A Satire and Surrealism Writer

A concise introduction to the author's life, family, works, and controversies.
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol was born on March 31, 1809, in the Ukrainian village of Sorochyntsi, then part of the Russian Empire. He was the son of Vasily Gogol-Yanovsky, a minor landowner and amateur playwright, and Maria Ivanovna, a deeply religious...