Alexander PushkinFrom: Moscow, Russia
A Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to
be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Famous Works: - the drama, Boris Godunov - Eugene Onegin - he poem The Bronze Horseman - the drama The Stone Guest - the poetic short drama Mozart and Salieri |
Guy de MaupassantFrom: Dieppe, France
A popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents. His stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient, effortless dénouements. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian
War of the 1870s and several describe the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught in the conflict, emerge changed. Famous Works: - 300 short stories - 6 novels - three travel books |
Leo TolstoyTula Oblast, Russia
(Yasyana Polyana Estate) A Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. He
also wrote plays and essays. Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer. Famous Works: - War and Peace - Anna Karenina - A Confession |
Anton ChekhovFrom: Taganrog
(A Port City in Rostov Oblast, Russia) A Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be
among the greatest writers of short stories in history. Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. Famous Works: - The Seagull - Uncle Vanya - Three Sisters - The Cherry Orchard |