Author: Николай Васильевич Гоголь
Fuller name: Николай Васильевич Гоголь
Alternate names: Gogol Nikolai; Nikolai V. Gogol; Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol; Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol; Nikolai Yasilevich Gogol; Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol'; Nikolai Vasil'evich GOGOL; GOGOL, NIKOLAI VASIL EVICH, 1809-1852.; Nikolai Gogol; Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; Nikolai W. Gogol; Nikola�i Vasil �evich Gogol�; Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Gogol; Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь); N. V. Gogol'; Nikola Vasilevich Gogol; N.V. Gogol; Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol; Nikolay, Gogol; GOGOL, NIKOLAY, 1809-1852.; Nikolay Gogol; Nicolai V. Gogol; Nikolaj Gogol'; Gogol; Nicolai Gogol; N V Gogol; Gogol N.; N. V. Gogol; Nilolai V. Gogol; Nikolas V. Gogol; N. Gogol'; Nicolay Gogol; N. Gogol; Nikola V. Gogol; N.V Gogol; Nikolu Vasil'evich Gogol; Gogol,̂ Nikolaæi Vasilêvich; G Gogol; Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ; Nikolai Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ; Nikolaui Vasilơevich Gogolơ; Gogol,Nikolai ゴーゴリ,ニコライ (1809-1852); Nikolaj Vasil'evič Gogol'; Nikolaj Gogol; Nikolai  Vasil £evich Gogol £; Nikolaǐ Vasilevich Gógol; Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol; Nicholai Gogol; Nikolaij Gogol; Nikolái Gogol; Nickolay Gogol; NIKOLAI GOGOL; Nikolaj Vasil'eviç Gogol; Nikolaï Vasilievitch Gogol; N. V. Gogolʹ; Nikolai W Gogol; Gogol' Nikolai Vasil'evich; Nikolaǐ Vasilevich Gogol; Nikolaĭ Vasilʼevich Gogol'; Nikolaĭ Vasilevich Gogol; Nikolaj Vasil'jevic Gogol'; Nikolai' 'Gogol; Nikolái Gógol; Nikolaï Gogol; Nicolaï Gogol; Nikolai "Gogol "; N.V. Gogolʹ; Gógol Nikoläi; Nicolas Gogol; Nikolas Gogol; Nicolai Fasilefitsch Gogol; Nicolai Vassilievitch Gogol; Nicolas Vassiliévitch Gogol; Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol; Nikolaj Vasilʹevič Gogolʹ; Nikolai Gógol; Nicolái Gógol; Nikolay Vasilyeviç Gogol; Nikolay Vasilyevic Gogol; Nikolaj Vasileviç Gogol; Nikolaj Vasiljevitsj Gogol; Nikolai Nikolai Gogol; Nikolaĭ Vasil'evich Gogol'
Born: 31 March 1809
Died: 4 March 1852
Bio: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь; Ukrainian: Микола Васильович Гоголь) (31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1809 – 4 March [O.S. 21 February] 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humourist, and dramatist

He is considered the father of modern Russian realism. His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were heavily influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing and identity. His more mature writing satirised the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian Empire, leading to his exile. On his return, he immersed himself in the Orthodox Church. The novels *Taras Bul'ba* (1835; 1842 [revised edition]) and *Dead Souls* (1842), the play *The Inspector-General* (1836, 1842), and the short stories *Diary of a Madman*, *The Nose* and *The Overcoat* (1842) are among his best known works. With their scrupulous and scathing realism, ethical criticism as well as philosophical depth, they remain some of the most important works of world literature.