Gogol

American  

[goh-guhl, -gawl, gaw-guhl] / ˈgoʊ gəl, -gɔl, ˈgɔ gəl /

noun

1. Nikolai Vasilievich 1809–52, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

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Gogol British  

/ ˈɡɔɡəlj, ˈɡəʊɡɒl /

noun

1. Nikolai Vasilievich (nikaˈlaj vaˈsiljɪvitʃ). 1809–52, Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer. His best-known works are The Government Inspector (1836), a comedy satirizing bureaucracy, and the novel Dead Souls (1842)

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Other Word Forms

• Gogolian
  adjective

Example Sentences

The thefts targeted rare Russian classics worth millions of euros in total, including by 19th-century literary greats Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Here, Melville is an American Kafka or Gogol, and in this guise, he skewers our pervasive national ethos that values ambition and striving above all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

What happened next, as recounted by Irina and her mother, is as surreal and dark as a novel by 19th Century Russian writer Nikolai Gogol.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

Gogol and Barthel said the No. 1 mistake budding gardeners make is overwatering their plant babies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

“Hi, Sonali,” Gogol says, sitting stiffly, looking down at her face, and then up at the lens.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri