Leonid Leonov (1899–1994)
Author of The Thief
About the Author
Leonov revived the psychological novel of Dostoevsky, and his early writing shows the influence of the nineteenth-century master. His popular first novel, The Badgers (1924), deals with a peasant revolt against Red Army grain collectors during the period of the New Economic Policy. The Thief (1927) show more portrays the psychological traumas of a former civil war hero. During the Stalin period, Leonov produced a number of works generally in accord with the dictates of socialist realism, such as Soviet River (1930) (also River), but still possessing unusual features and flashes of dissent from the party line. The Russian Forest (1953), featuring a conflict between proponents of conservation and of industrialization, offers an interesting commentary on aspects of Stalinism. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Leonid Leonov
Большие пожары 2 copies
Ранняя проза 1 copy
Der russische Wald Roman 1 copy
Skutarevský 1 copy
Los tejones 1 copy
Ruska šuma 1 copy
Kovjakinovi Zapisi 1 copy
Orosz erdő 1 copy
Velikoshumskin valloitus 1 copy
T34-203 1 copy
Un uomo comune 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Leonov, Leonid Maksimovich
Леонов, Леонид Максимович - Birthdate
- 1899-05-31
- Date of death
- 1994-08-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Moscow, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Places of residence
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Occupations
- novelist
playwright
poet
journalist - Organizations
- Writer's Union of the USSR
- Awards and honors
- Hero of Socialist Labor (1967)
Academy of Sciences (1972)
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Statistics
- Works
- 34
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 154
- Popularity
- #135,795
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 16
- Languages
- 7