Nikolai V. Gogol (1809–1852) was an Ukrainian and Russian novelist. Although Gogol was considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in his work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of surrealism and the grotesque ("The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat," "Nevsky Prospekt").
His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire (The Government Inspector, Dead Souls). The novel Taras Bulba (1835) and the play Marriage (1842), along with the short stories "Diary of a Madman", "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich", "The Portrait" and "The Carriage", round out the tally of his best-known works.
Known For
Iron Mask
(2019)
Characters
Forbidden Empire
(2014)
Story
Gogol. The Beginning
(2017)
Short Story
Viy
(1967)
Story
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Novel
Black Sunday
(1960)
Short Story
The Inspector General
(1949)
Theatre Play
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
(2009)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
Viy
(1909)
Novel
Dead Souls
(1909)
Novel
Maiskaya noch, ili Utoplennitsa
(1910)
Story
Andriy's Love
(1912)
Novel
The Night Before Christmas
(1913)
Story
Portrait
(1915)
Story
Viy
(1916)
Novel
Taras Bulba
(1924)
Story
The Overcoat
(1926)
Writer
The Little Shoes
(1928)
Story
The Inspector-General
(1933)
Theatre Play
Eine Stadt steht kopf
(1933)
Theatre Play
Taras Bulba
(1936)
Original Story
Женитьба
(1936)
Novel
The Rebel Son
(1938)
Original Story
How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
(1941)
Novel
The Slippers
(1945)
Novel
The Lost Letter
(1945)
Story
The Portrait
(1948)
Short Story
The Inspector General
(1949)
Theatre Play
The Gamblers
(1950)
Writer
The Night Before Christmas
(1951)
Writer
The Inspector-General
(1952)
Writer
The Overcoat
(1952)
Novel
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden
(1952)
Story
Ženitba
(1953)
Theatre Play
La passeggiata
(1953)
Novel
The Awakening
(1954)
Novel
Exalted Guest
(1955)
Story
The Bespoke Overcoat
(1955)
Short Story
The Strange Adventures of a Strange Man
(1956)
Story
The Overcoat
(1959)
Story
How Ivan Ivanovich fell out with Ivan Nikiforovich
(1959)
Writer
Les joueurs
(1960)
Writer
Black Sunday
(1960)
Short Story
Dead Souls
(1960)
Story
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
(1961)
Novel
The Inspector
(1961)
Writer
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Novel
Roaring Years
(1962)
Theatre Play
The Nose
(1963)
Writer
Le journal d’un fou
(1963)
Writer
Plains of Battle
(1964)
Writer
Viy
(1967)
Story
Ženitba
(1967)
Theatre Play
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
(1968)
Story
Sofi
(1968)
Writer
Diary of a Madman
(1968)
Story
Diary of a Madman
(1968)
Book
Dead Souls
(1969)
Original Story
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
(1970)
Writer
Lambaaye
(1972)
Theatre Play
Svatá noc
(1972)
Short Story
Portrét
(1972)
Novel
The Travels of Chichikov: Manilov
(1974)
Author
Inspector Calzonzin
(1974)
Novel
Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt
(1976)
Writer
Nose
(1977)
Novel
The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
(1977)
Story
Ženitba
(1977)
Theatre Play
Marriage
(1978)
Theatre Play
Players
(1978)
Writer
Incognito from St.Petersburg
(1978)
Theatre Play
The Nose
(1979)
Story
The Fern Flower
(1979)
Story
Inspector General
(1982)
Story
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
(1983)
Writer
Hráči
(1983)
Theatre Play
En Galnings Dagbok
(1983)
Short Story
Dead Souls
(1984)
Novel
The Inspector-General
(1985)
Writer
Мертвые души
(1988)
Story
A Terrible Vengeance
(1988)
Story
The Mask of Satan
(1989)
Novel
A Holy Place
(1990)
Story
Revisorn
(1990)
Writer
Игроки XXI
(1992)
Author
Diary of a Madman
(1996)
Writer
Ревизор
(1996)
Book
Viy
(1996)
Novel
Diary of a Madman
(1997)
Novel
The Overcoat
(1997)
Original Story
The Night Before Christmas
(1997)
Story
Porträttet
(1999)
Novel
The Visage
(2004)
Writer
Мистификация
(2005)
Story
Игроки
(2006)
Writer
The Power of Fear
(2006)
Novel
The Russian Game
(2007)
Novel
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
(2009)
Novel
The Tsarina's Slippers
(2009)
Original Story
Ženitba
(2010)
Theatre Play
The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
(2013)
Story
Forbidden Empire
(2014)
Story
The Slippers
(2014)
Story
The Shadow of Two Flies Upon a Pin
(2017)
Story
Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)
(2017)
Story
Gogol. The Beginning
(2017)
Short Story
The Overcoat
(2017)
Story
In The Mood For Surrealism or 8021
(2018)
Story
The Overcoat
(2018)
Original Story
Iron Mask
(2019)
Characters
The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks
(2021)
Original Concept
The Overcoat
(2021)
Short Story
CHOSTAKOVITCH, Le Nez – Bruxelles (La Monnaie)
(2023)
Writer