Tolstoy
Henri Troyat
About this book
Henri Troyat's landmark biography of Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist. Drawing on letters, diaries, and unpublished memoirs, Troyat traces Tolstoy's life from his aristocratic childhood through his literary career and his late spiritual crisis, producing a comprehensive portrait of one of the nineteenth century's towering literary figures.
Why it was banned
Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison.
Censorship history
Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison during the first Intifada. The restriction of a literary biography of Tolstoy — a work with no political connection to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict — exemplifies how Ketziot's censorship regime denied Palestinian detainees access to mainstream world literature and cultural history.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | —lifted | Political | ||
| Reported as prohibited in Ketziot Prison (Ansar III), Negev, Israel | ||||