Leonid Andreyev

Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a Russian playwright, novelist and short story writer, considered a father of expressionism in Russian literature. He is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific writers of the Silver Age. His style blends realism, naturalism and symbolism. Of his 25 plays, He Who Gets Slapped, from 1915, is regarded as his finest. Lazarus is a dark short story about the man raised from the dead. He was also an early color photographer.