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Dead Souls (1842)

Born Fri Mar 31, 1809 in Russia- Ukraine- Sorochintsy (near Poltava)

Died Thu Mar 04, 1852 in Russia- Moscow

Ukrainian-born Russian humorist, dramatist, and novelist, whose novel Myortvye dushi (Dead Souls) and whose short story "Shinel" ("The Overcoat") are considered the foundations of the great 19th-century tradition of Russian realism.

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