Talk:Leo Tolstoy

Parents death?

"He was the fourth of five children of Countess Mariya Tolstaya, née Raevskaya. Tolstoy's parents died when he was young, so he and his siblings were brought up by relatives" Mariya Volkonskaya died August 10, 1863. Tolstoy would of been 34 years old. [1] Never mind. The Mariya Volkonskaya page has removed the info about Tolstoy.

Awards and Recognition - there is a major street named after him

Shouldnt there be an awards and recognition section? One of the most expensive roads in South Asia is named after him. Tolstoy Rd.

https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=tolstoy+rd&ie=UTF-8&ei=u7wSUO3CGsSyiQery4CQAw&ved=0CEQQ_AUoAg

Add link to Ilya Tolstoy's biography

As far as I can tell, all of the other children of Tolstoy who have their own pages are linked to in the list, but Ilya is not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.232.23.154 (talk) 04:34, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

 Done--JayJasper (talk) 04:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Addition to films

I feel like there should be some mention of the films based on the books he's written, and the awards they won. Thepoodlechef (talk) 23:22, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Leo

Leo is Anglicization of Tolstoy's actual name - which is Lev. Lev is the Russian word for "lion".

The more you know --Autismal (talk) 12:04, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

The introduction is unbalanced, overemphasizing Tolstoy's nonfiction/philosophical works, at the expense of his fiction

Tolstoy is primarily known as an author of fiction, widely considered one of the greatest novelists who has ever lived. The introduction to this article gives little impression of this fact; it instead emphasizes his nonfiction and philosophical works. While these later works are essential to his career and were widely influential, particularly to Christian anarchism, they are not as essential to Tolstoy's renown as his fiction. On JSTOR, for example, 94 of the first 100 articles that come up in a search for Tolstoy are about his fiction.

Therefore, the introduction ought to include a paragraph like this one, between the two paragraphs that currently make up the introduction:

"Tolstoy was a master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists. He is best known for two long novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy first achieved literary acclaim in his 20s for his Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based on his experiences in the Crimean War, followed by the publication of a semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1855-1858). His fiction output also includes two additional novels, dozens of short stories, and several famous novellas, including The Death of Ivan Ilych, Family Happiness, and Hadji Murad."