Nikolai Gogol
- Nikolai Gogol was born on March 4, 1852 in Russia.
- He was a Russian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer.
- "Diary of a Madman," "The Portrait," "Taras Bulba," and "The Carriage" are some of his works that made him famous.
- His painful self-conscious and boundless ambition shaped his writing style and influenced many of his works.
- Gogol has had enduring impact on Russian literature.
- One main characteristic of Gogol's writing is his impressionist vision of reality and people.
- He was eventually exiled from Russia because his writing displayed political corruption in the Russian Empire.
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