Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (born 1871)

Leonid Andreyev

Russian playwright and writer (1871–1919)

Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age literary period. Andreyev's…