Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influential member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family. His first publications were three autobiographical novels, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852-1856). They tell of a rich landowner's son and his slow realization of the differences between him and his peasants. As a fiction writer Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). In their scope, breadth and realistic depiction of 19th-century Russian life, the two books stand at the peak of realist fiction. As a moral philosopher Tolstoy was notable for his ideas on nonviolent resistance through works such as The Kingdom of God is Within You (1894).

列夫·托尔斯泰(1828～1910)，俄罗斯文学大师。他以自己一生的辛勤创作，登上了当时欧洲批判现实主义文学的高峰，在世界文学中占有重要的地位。他描绘了俄罗斯民众广阔的生活场景，被称为“俄国革命的一面镜子”。代表作为《战争与和平》《安娜·卡列尼娜》和《复活》。

草婴，原名盛峻峰，著名学者、翻译家。草婴先生系统地翻译了列夫·托尔斯泰全部小说作品，包括三个长篇（《战争与和平》《安娜·卡列尼娜》和《复活》）、六十多个中短篇和自传体小说。