
About
Nikolai Gogol
Overview
Nikolai V. Gogol (1809–1852) was an Ukrainian and Russian novelist. Although Gogol was considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in his work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of surrealism and the grotesque ("The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat," "Nevsky Prospekt").
His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire (The Government Inspector, Dead Souls). The novel Taras Bulba (1835) and the play Marriage (1842), along with the short stories "Diary of a Madman", "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich", "The Portrait" and "The Carriage", round out the tally of his best-known works.
Known for
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2023 | CHOSTAKOVITCH, Le Nez – Bruxelles (La Monnaie) | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2021 | The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks | Writing | Original Concept | 59 Average |
2021 | The Overcoat | Writing | Short Story | N/A N/A |
2020 | Dead Souls | Writing | Book | 68 Fair |
2019 | Iron Mask | Writing | Characters | 59 Average |
2018 | The Overcoat | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
2018 | In The Mood For Surrealism or 8021 | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2017 | The Overcoat | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2017 | Gogol. The Beginning | Writing | Short Story | 59 Average |
2017 | Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin) | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2017 | The Shadow of Two Flies Upon a Pin | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
2014 | The Slippers | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2014 | Forbidden Empire | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
2013 | The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2010 | Ženitba | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
2010 | Nesmrteľní | Writing | Screenstory | 69 Fair |
2009 | Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
2009 | The Tsarina's Slippers | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
2008 | Diary of a Madman | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2008 | EVIL | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
2007 | The Russian Game | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
2006 | Игроки | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2006 | The Power of Fear | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
2005 | Case of the "Dead Souls" | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
2005 | Sorochyntsi Fair | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
2005 | Мистификация | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2004 | Revizor | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
2004 | The Visage | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2001 | Evenings on a Farm Near Dykanka | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1999 | Porträttet | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1997 | The Overcoat | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1997 | Diary of a Madman | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1997 | The Night Before Christmas | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1996 | Ревизор | Writing | Book | 58 Average |
1996 | Diary of a Madman | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1996 | Viy | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1992 | Игроки XXI | Writing | Author | N/A N/A |
1990 | Revisorn | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1990 | A Holy Place | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1990 | The Mask of Satan | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1988 | A Terrible Vengeance | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1988 | Dead Souls | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1985 | The Inspector-General | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1984 | Dead Souls | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1983 | En Galnings Dagbok | Writing | Short Story | 59 Average |
1983 | Hráči | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
1983 | Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1982 | Inspector General | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1981 | Marriage | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1979 | Dead Souls | Writing | Author | N/A N/A |
1979 | The Nose | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1979 | The Fern Flower | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1978 | Players | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1978 | Incognito from St.Petersburg | Writing | Theatre Play | 59 Average |
1978 | Marriage | Writing | Theatre Play | 59 Average |
1977 | Nose | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1977 | The Adventures of Vakula the Smith | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1977 | Ženitba | Writing | Theatre Play | 59 Average |
1976 | Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1974 | Inspector Calzonzin | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1974 | The Travels of Chichikov: Manilov | Writing | Author | N/A N/A |
1972 | Lambaaye | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
1972 | Portrét | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1972 | Svatá noc | Writing | Short Story | N/A N/A |
1971 | Nos | Writing | Short Story | 58 Average |
1971 | Mŕtve duše | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1971 | The General Inspector | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
1970 | Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1969 | Dead Souls | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
1968 | The Eve of Ivan Kupalo | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1968 | Sofi | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1968 | Diary of a Madman | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1968 | Diary of a Madman | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1967 | Viy | Writing | Story | 62 Fair |
1967 | Ženitba | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
1963 | The Nose | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1963 | Le journal d’un fou | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1962 | Taras Bulba | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1962 | Plains of Battle | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1962 | Roaring Years | Writing | Theatre Play | 59 Average |
1961 | Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka | Writing | Novel | 60 Fair |
1961 | The Inspector | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1960 | Dead Souls | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1960 | Black Sunday | Writing | Short Story | 67 Fair |
1960 | Les joueurs | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1959 | The Overcoat | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1959 | How Ivan Ivanovich fell out with Ivan Nikiforovich | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1956 | The Strange Adventures of a Strange Man | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1955 | The Bespoke Overcoat | Writing | Short Story | 59 Average |
1955 | Exalted Guest | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1954 | The Awakening | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1953 | Ženitba | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
1953 | La passeggiata | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1952 | The Inspector-General | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1952 | May Night, or the Drowned Maiden | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1952 | The Overcoat | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1951 | The Night Before Christmas | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1950 | The Gamblers | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1949 | The Inspector General | Writing | Theatre Play | 59 Average |
1948 | The Portrait | Writing | Short Story | 58 Average |
1945 | The Slippers | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1945 | The Lost Letter | Writing | Book | 59 Average |
1941 | How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1938 | The Rebel Son | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1936 | Taras Bulba | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1936 | Женитьба | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1933 | The Inspector-General | Writing | Theatre Play | 58 Average |
1933 | Eine Stadt steht kopf | Writing | Theatre Play | N/A N/A |
1928 | The Little Shoes | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1926 | The Overcoat | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1924 | Taras Bulba | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1918 | Viy | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1915 | The Portrait | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1913 | The Night Before Christmas | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1913 | A Terrible Revenge | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1912 | Andriy's Love | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1910 | May Night, or the Drowned Maiden | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1909 | Viy | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1909 | Dead Souls | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1909 | Taras Bulba | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
The Overcoat | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
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The Overcoat | Writing | Author | 59 Average |
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1979 | Dead Souls | Crew | Poem | N/A N/A |