Interesting facts about Alexey Tolstoy - this is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of the Russian writer. It was he who, together with the Zhemchuzhnikov brothers, created the legendary literary character - Kozma Prutkov. He was remembered by many for his ballads, parables and poems, which were saturated with satire and subtle irony.
So, here are the most interesting facts from the life of Alexei Tolstoy.
- Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) - writer, poet, playwright, translator and satirist.
- Alexei's mother left her husband shortly after the birth of the child. As a result, the future writer was raised by his maternal uncle.
- Alexei Tolstoy was educated at home, like all the noble children of that time.
- At the age of 10, Alexei, together with his mother and uncle, went abroad for the first time, to Germany (see interesting facts about Germany).
- Growing up, Tolstoy often demonstrated his strength. For example, he could lift an adult with one hand, twist a poker into a steering wheel, or bend a horseshoe.
- As a child, Alexey was introduced to the heir to the throne, Alexander II, as a "playmate".
- In adulthood, Tolstoy was still close to the court of the emperor, but he never sought to get any prominent position. This was due to the fact that he wanted to study more literature.
- Alexey Tolstoy was an extremely brave and desperate man. For example, he went to hunt a bear, with one spear in his hands.
- An interesting fact is that the writer's mother did not want her son to marry. Therefore, he married his chosen one only after 12 years, after meeting her.
- Contemporaries claim that Tolstoy was fond of spiritualism and mysticism.
- Alexey Konstantinovich began publishing his first works only at the age of 38.
- Tolstoy's wife knew about a dozen different languages.
- Alexey Tolstoy, like his wife, was fluent in many languages: French, German, Italian, English, Ukrainian, Polish and Latin.
- Did you know that Leo Tolstoy (see interesting facts about Tolstoy) was Alexei Tolstoy's second cousin?
- In the last years of his life, the writer suffered from severe headaches, which he drowned out with the help of morphine. As a result, he became a drug addict.
- Tolstoy's novel "Prince Silver" was reprinted over a hundred times.
- Alexei Tolstoy was engaged in the translation of works of such writers as Goethe, Heine, Herweg, Chenier, Byron and others.
- Tolstoy died as a result of an overdose of morphine, which he tried to drown out another attack of headache.
