ANTON CHEKHOV

Nebraska Center for Writers

ANTON CHEKHOV AKA "ANTOSHA CHEKHONTE" 1860-1904 PROFESSION Physician, Fiction Writer, Playwright FAVORITE BOOK The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoi As long as there is a Tolstoy in literature, it is simple and gratifying to be a literary figure. FAVORITE PLACE France! France! France! HOBBIES Champagne and showgirls FAVORITE FOOD Ah, Caviar! I keep on eating it, but can never get my fill. Like olives. It's a lucky thing it's not salty. LATEST PROJECT I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable pleasure, though I sin frightfully against the conventions of the stage. It is a comedy with three female parts, six male, four acts, a landscape (view of the lake), lots of talk on literature, little action and tons of love. PET PEEVE Philowisdomizing PHILOSOPHY There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man.

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