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Nikolai —, author of 1842 novel Dead Souls (5)

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I believe the answer is:

gogol

(Other definitions for gogol that I've seen before include "The Government Inspector author" , "Russian novelist" , "Russian author/playwright" , "Nineteenth century Russian author" , "Russian writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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