--- title: "What are some amazing facts about Leo Tolstoy?" description: "What are some amazing facts about Leo Tolstoy?" author: "Vishal Kesarwani" published: 2018-09-14 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49799/what-are-some-amazing-facts-about-leo-tolstoy category: "q&a categories" tags: ["novelist"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What are some amazing facts about Leo Tolstoy? ## Answers ### Answer by Saddiya Anwar The Russian novelist [Leo Tolstoy](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85476/story-of-the-fiction-writer-leo-tolstoy) inspired by number of [generations](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1616/these-war-strategies-used-by-indians-across-generations-are-mindblowing) and avid writers all around the world. There are some unknown facts [connected](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12941/link-building-and-search-engine-rankings-how-are-they-connected) with the Russian writer and philosopher . ![What are some amazing facts about Leo Tolstoy?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/f38f42e4-34b5-4510-a81e-a55b1f384967/images/77ccdde4-810e-4a2f-98be-4327d7423fcd.jpeg) **His love for countryside** Despite of belonging to the rich family he preferred simple [lifestyle](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3833/secret-beauty-tips-from-rashmika-madhana-lifestyle) and pleasure. Most of the time he was seen barefooted at his country estate, Yasnaya Polyana where he joined peasants. His love for the countryside was reflected in some of his [characters](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82549/characters-that-made-the-family-man-2-more-demanding) like Konstantin Levin in Anna Karenina. **He was a famous linguist** During his life Tolstoy mastered in many languages. Along with English, French and German he had also good command in Greek, Latin, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, Turkish and Bulgarian. His house library comprised of 23000 books in 39 languages. **He didn't wished for [Nobel Prize](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87193/kailash-satyarthi-biography-why-awarded-the-nobel-prize-for-peace)** Inspite of being [one of the greatest](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31387/cyber-bullying-is-one-of-the-greatest-problems-in-the-world-today-how-would-you-solve-this) writers of all the time, it seemed strange that he wasn't even considered for Nobel Prize in literature. Though nin 1906, he was [put forward](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38026/a-federal-structure-of-india-was-first-put-forward-by-the) by Russian Academy of Science's yet he didn't wanted the prize. **He idealised poverty** Tolstoy tends to follow his dogmatic belief that a right way of living is to live in poverty and wanted to decline all author's right to his book. ![What are some amazing facts about Leo Tolstoy?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/f38f42e4-34b5-4510-a81e-a55b1f384967/images/9a3aa051-a313-4b54-befb-3f16ec11125e.jpeg)\ **He was an avid penpal** Being an active novelist and writer, he was also in [connection](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/123/connection-string) with his readers across the globe. [Mahatma Gandhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/) was among his notable penpal who followed the Tolstoy's ideology that evil can't be fought with hate. \ Read More at : answers.mindstick.com --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49799/what-are-some-amazing-facts-about-leo-tolstoy Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.