Nikolai Gogol Writer

He managed to be the classic of Russian literature, the successor of the traditions, and the writer, who followed his own way at the same time.

Address:	Kiev, Ukraine
Contact:	http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gogol.htm
Similar in Moscow:	Alexander Pushkin Person
Similar Worldwide:	Vladimir Nabokov Writer (St Petersburg)

He used unusual language – a magic mix of strange and lost Russian and Ukrainian words. Furthermore, he declined to follow the realism so popular in 19th century, but proclaimed his own vision of indeterminate, mystical life. His main novel “Dead Souls”, his small life stories, his funny and simple play (“The government inspector”), his unique tales – make Russian literature so different and unpredictable..