Ukrainian-born writer (1809-52) (5)

I believe the answer is:

gogol

(Other definitions for gogol that I've seen before include "Nikolai ---, Gov't Inspector author" , "The Government Inspector author" , "Nineteenth century Russian author" , "Russian novelist" , "Dead Souls Russ. author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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