Leo Tolstoy
During his lifetime, Russian author Leo Tolstoy created a slew of classic books that have endured to this day. War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and the trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth are just a few of the most well-known works of literature written by Tolstoy. While he never received a Nobel Prize, he was nominated for one in Literature three times and once for the Nobel Peace Prize, among other honors.
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