Author: Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Alternate names: Алексе́й Константи́нович Толсто́й; graf Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy; Tolstoy, A. K. Tolstoi; Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy; Alekseĭ Konstantinovich Tolstoĭ; Aleksey Konstantinovich Graf Tolstoy
Title: graf
Born: 5 [O.S. August 24] 1817
Died: 10 October [O.S. September 28] 1875
Bio: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (Russian: Граф Алексе́й Константи́нович Толсто́й), often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist, primarily on account of the strength of his dramatic trilogy The Death of Ivan the Terrible (1866), Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (1868), and Tsar Boris (1870). He also gained fame for his satirical works, published under his own name (History of the Russian State from Gostomysl to Timashev, The Dream of Councillor Popov) and under the collaborational pen name of Kozma Prutkov.[1] His fictional works include the novella The Family of the Vourdalak, The Vampire (1841), and the historical novel Prince Serebrenni (1862).