author
graf Ilia Lvovich Tolstoi
1866–1933
Born into one of literature’s most famous families, he wrote vividly about the world around Leo Tolstoy and later carried those memories far beyond Russia. His work offers a personal, close-up view of a household that shaped literary history.
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Reminiscences of Tolstoy, by His Son
by graf Ilia Lvovich Tolstoi
About the author
Count Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy was a Russian writer born in 1866 and died in 1933. He was the third child and second son of Leo Tolstoy, and he is especially remembered for writing about his father and the life of the Tolstoy family.
His best-known book is Reminiscences of Tolstoy, a memoir that gives readers a more intimate picture of the great novelist at home. That personal angle makes his work especially appealing to readers who want more than a formal biography.
Later in life, he spent time in the United States, and a surviving photograph from New York reflects that later chapter of his story. Though he is often introduced through his famous family name, his own writing remains valuable for the warmth and immediacy of its memories.