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Also Known As Leonid Nikolayevich Andreev • Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev
Born August 21, 1871 • Oryol • Russia
Died September 12, 1919 (aged 48) • Finland
Notable Works “Satan’s Diary” • “The Life of Man”

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