Gogol biography for children

Quotes about the author Nikolai Gogol are the most famous Russian prose writer, poet, critic, playwright, author of many works included in the Golden Fund of World Literature. It is a recognized classic of Russian culture. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was born, according to various sources, on March 31 or April 1. His childhood passed in Ukraine in the village of Sorochintsy, Poltava province.

He grew up in a large family, besides him, his parents had 5 more sons and 6 daughters, some of the children died babies. When Nikolai was ten years old, he was sent to Poltava, where he studied science at the school, and then from the local teacher Gabriel Sorochinsky. After classical training, the summer young man entered the gymnasium of higher sciences the city of Nezhin Chernihiv region.

During his studies, Gogol gravitated towards creativity, willingly participated in all theatrical productions and improvised scenes. Friends considered him a perky person with an excellent sense of humor. The fascination with literature during his studies the future literary classic was carried away by writing. Admiring the works of Pushkin, he began to compose elegies, feuilletons, poems, tried himself in prose and other genres.

The creation of works helped a young man distract from emotional torment, but he did not plan to become a writer. The young man dreamed of a military career. In the winter of the year, Gogol goes to the cultural capital - Petersburg, where he will be disappointed. Unable to find a job, Gogol returned to literary work, but here he was a failure. After several failed attempts, he decided to change the genre and wrote the mystical story “Evening on the eve of Ivan Kupala”, which the readers liked.

This inspired the author to new works: “Night before Christmas”; “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka”; "Dead souls"; "Wii"; "Examiner" and many others. Unfortunately, in addition to the craving for literary work, from his father Nikolai Vasilievich inherited psychological illness and fear of early death, which began to manifest from the playwright from his youth.

In this regard, mystical legends are composed of the life of the classic, and they argue about the true cause of death to this day. Litres provides an opportunity to download books by the legendary Nikolai Gogol to evaluate the skill of the great writer. Choose a suitable FB2, TXT, EPUB, PDF format and load the works on a reader, smartphone, laptop or other electronic device.

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