Aleksei Tolstoy author page

Aleksei Tolstoy biography

Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy, also published as Alexei Tolstoy, was a Russian and Soviet writer. His work spans children’s fiction, science fiction, plays, short stories and major historical novels. He is distinct from the earlier novelist Leo Tolstoy.

His autobiographical cycle is often translated as Nikita’s Childhood.

His science-fiction novels include Aelita and The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin. His historical fiction includes Peter the First, a large historical project about Peter I and changes in the Russian state.

The Gigantic Turnip is a children’s retelling of a classic Russian tale about an old woman, an old man and farm animals trying to harvest a very large turnip. The book has been published with illustrations by Niamh Sharkey.