Aleksey Tolstoy is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Aleksey Tolstoy as Russian-Soviet writer (1883-1945).
Aleksey Tolstoy was born at Pugachyov in 1883. His recorded nationality is Russian Republic. He was educated at Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as playwright, writer and poet.
The writing is recorded in Russian.
His work is classed as science fiction literature and historical fiction.
His best-known work is The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino. Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
The honours record reads: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
That the work was written from Russian Republic matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Aleksey Tolstoy died in 1945, aged 62. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Stalin Prize
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Notable work: The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino
- Genres: science fiction literature and historical fiction
