Italo Calvino Letter to Isa Bezzera, July 16, 1950, in Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985, ed. Michael Wood, trans. Martin McLaughlin (2013), 61.
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I'm glad you like Chekhov. He is a very great writer, immense. He picks all human arrogances clean to the bone but has an unshakable confidence in the future of humanity.
— Italo Calvino Letter
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About Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) (Old Style: 17 January 1860 – 2 July 1904) was a Russian short story writer and playwright.
About Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) (Old Style: 17 January 1860 – 2 July 1904) was a Russian short story writer and playwright.
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