Nikolai Ostrovsky

Nikolai Alekseyevich Ostrovsky (; ; 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a blind Soviet socialist realist writer. He is best known for his novel How the Steel Was Tempered.

After living for years with paralysis, illness and blindness due to congenital ankylosing spondylitis as well as complications from typhus, Ostrovsky died on 22 December 1936, aged 32. Because of his early death, he was unable to complete his second novel, Born of the Storm, on the Russian Civil War.

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References

 Елена Толстая-Сегал, К литературному фону книги : 'Как закалялась сталь', Cahiers du Monde Russe  Année 1981  22-4  pp. 375–399
 Лев Аннинский, Обрученные с идеей (О повести 'Как закалялась сталь' Николая Островского)
 Раиса Островская, Николай Островский, серия ЖЗЛ, Молодая гвардия, 1984
 Евгений Бузни, Литературное досье Николая Островского
 Тамара Андронова, Слишком мало осталось жить... Николай Островский. Биография. – М.: Государственный музей – Гуманитарный центр «Преодоление» имени Н.А. Островского, 2014.
 Entry in the Encyclopedia of Soviet Writers
 Jurij Mycyk. Did the Author of Pavka Korchagin Take Part in the Civil War? 
 Bohdan Dem′janchuk. How Ostrovsky Was Tempered 
  Petro Kraljuk. The "Steel" Man from Shepetivka 
 Svitlana Kabachynsjka. Life Free from Shame 
 The Nikolay Ostrovsky state museum - humanitarian center "Overcoming" at Google Cultural Institute

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Category:Blind writers
Category:People with ankylosing spondylitis
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