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
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Novel
Forbidden Empire
(2014)
Story
Gogol. The Beginning
(2017)
Short Story
Viy
(1967)
Story
Black Sunday
(1960)
Short Story
The Inspector General
(1949)
Theatre Play
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
(2009)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
Dead Souls
(1909)
Novel
Viy
(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
Женитьба
(1936)
Novel
Taras Bulba
(1936)
Original Story
The Rebel Son
(1938)
Original Story
How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich
(1941)
Novel
The Lost Letter
(1945)
Story
The Slippers
(1945)
Novel
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
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden
(1952)
Story
The Overcoat
(1952)
Novel
La passeggiata
(1953)
Novel
Ženitba
(1953)
Theatre Play
The Awakening
(1954)
Novel
The Bespoke Overcoat
(1955)
Short Story
Exalted Guest
(1955)
Story
The Strange Adventures of a Strange Man
(1956)
Story
How Ivan Ivanovich fell out with Ivan Nikiforovich
(1959)
Writer
The Overcoat
(1959)
Story
Black Sunday
(1960)
Short Story
Les joueurs
(1960)
Writer
Dead Souls
(1960)
Story
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
(1961)
Novel
The Inspector
(1961)
Writer
Roaring Years
(1962)
Theatre Play
Taras Bulba
(1962)
Novel
The Nose
(1963)
Writer
Le journal d’un fou
(1963)
Writer
Plains of Battle
(1964)
Writer
Viy
(1967)
Story
Ženitba
(1967)
Theatre Play
Diary of a Madman
(1968)
Story
Sofi
(1968)
Writer
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
(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
The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
(1977)
Story
Ženitba
(1977)
Theatre Play
Nose
(1977)
Novel
Players
(1978)
Writer
Marriage
(1978)
Theatre Play
Incognito from St.Petersburg
(1978)
Theatre Play
The Fern Flower
(1979)
Story
The Nose
(1979)
Story
Inspector General
(1982)
Story
En Galnings Dagbok
(1983)
Short Story
Hráči
(1983)
Theatre Play
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
(1983)
Writer
Dead Souls
(1984)
Novel
The Inspector-General
(1985)
Writer
Мертвые души
(1988)
Story
A Terrible Vengeance
(1988)
Story
The Mask of Satan
(1989)
Novel
Revisorn
(1990)
Writer
A Holy Place
(1990)
Story
Игроки XXI
(1992)
Author
Ревизор
(1996)
Book
Diary of a Madman
(1996)
Writer
Viy
(1996)
Novel
Diary of a Madman
(1997)
Novel
The Night Before Christmas
(1997)
Story
The Overcoat
(1997)
Original 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
The Tsarina's Slippers
(2009)
Original Story
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
(2009)
Novel
Ženitba
(2010)
Theatre Play
The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
(2013)
Story
Forbidden Empire
(2014)
Story
The Slippers
(2014)
Story
Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)
(2017)
Story
The Shadow of Two Flies Upon a Pin
(2017)
Story
The Overcoat
(2017)
Story
Gogol. The Beginning
(2017)
Short 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