Presenter

William Nickell

Slavic Languages and Literatures

William Nickell is Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. His research concerns Russian cultural history, but has often focused on Tolstoy. His first book, The Death of Tolstoy: Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station, 1910 (Cornell University Press, 2010) received honorable mention for the Scaglione Prize of the Modern Language Association.