Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy

Russian poet, novelist, and playwright

Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (Russian: Граф Алексей Константинович Толстой; 5 September [O.S. 24 August] 1817 – 10 October [O.S. 28 September] 1875), often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist, primarily on account of the strength of his dramatic trilogy The Death of Ivan the Terrible (1866), Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (1868), and Tsar Boris (1870). He also gained fame for his satirical works, published under his own name (History of the Russian State from Gostomysl to Timashev, The Dream of Councillor Popov) and under the collaborational pen name of Kozma Prutkov.

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