Nikolai Gogol, the 19th-century author and playwright, understood better than any artist since what “perfect nonsense goes on in the world.” Julian Lucas explains. By Julian Lucas Red Century ...

In his short, tormented life, the Russian novelist Nikolai Vassilyevich Gogol (1809-1852) managed to write for the ages. His oeuvre is huge. Among the familiar masterworks are "Dead Souls," the ...

Gogol knows and writes about poverty – to save a few kopecks, Akaky forswears candles and his evening tea – and the way dreams, even very small ones, can be life-supporting.

Nikolai Gogol was born in the Ukraine in 1809 and died in 1852. He was a Russian humorist, dramatist and novelist of Ukrainian origin and is deemed by many as the Father of Russia’s Golden Age ...

Here Again Now, Readers guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry Elizabeth Day talks to Okechukwu Nzelu about his novel Here Again Now, and explores the work of Nikolai Gogol.