Death Masks of the Famous and Infamous

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer that has gone on to be acclaimed as one of the best writers of all time. Although he wrote numerous books, his best-known works are the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina which are described as being realist fiction. He first received recognition as a writer in his twenties with a semi-fictional trilogy about his experiences in the Crimean War. He also has many short stories as well as novellas that he is known for. Tolstoy’s work impacted figures in the 20th Century such as Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and James Bevel. In 1910, at the age of 82, Leo Tolstoy died from pneumonia at Astapovo train station.