Leo Tolstoy: Visions of Happiness
Leo Tolstoy is a prominent Russian wrier, who during his long life has written a great number of masterpieces. His writings are indeed valued much in the entire western culture, there also have made many movies based on his books, namely Anna Karenina or War and Peace. 
What makes Leo Tolstoy such a great author of western literature is that he touches upon the sacred and everlasting parts of human lives that do not vanish with the flow of time, like life and death, suffering and happiness, love, marriage and adultery. Leo Tolstoy often turns to the issue of family in his books, which is also a relevant issue today. Generally, Leo Tolstoy is a prominent novelist of the western world, who is well in Russia as well as in the entire western world.