Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought

Selected Letters and Commentaries

Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought( )
Notes by: Karlinsky, Simon
Editor: Karlinsky, Simon
Translator: Heim, Michael Henry
ISBN:978-0-8101-1460-9
Publication Date:Jan 1997
Publisher:Northwestern University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $39.95
Book Description:

First published in 1973, this collection of Chekhov's correspondence is widely regarded as the best introduction to this great Russian writer. Weighted heavily toward the correspondence dealing with literary and intellectual matters, this extremely informative collection provides fascinating insight into Chekhov's development as a writer. Michael Henry Heim's excellent translation and Simon Karlinsky's masterly headnotes make this volume an essential text for anyone...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:494
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Literary Collections / Letters
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 1.3 Inches
Book Weight:1.31 Pounds
Author Biography
(Notes by)
Michael Henry Heim was born in New York on January 21, 1943. He received an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a doctorate in Slavic languages from Harvard University. He was fluent in Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian and Serbian/Croatian and possessed a reading knowledge of six more languages. He became a professor of Slavic languages at the University California at Los Angeles in 1972 and served as chairman of the Slavic languages department from 1999 to 2003. He was known for his translations of works by Gunter Grass, Milan Kundera, Thomas Mann and Anton Chekhov. He received numerous awards for his work including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2005, the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation in 2009, and the PEN Translation Prize in 2010. He died from complications of melanoma on September 29, 2012 at the age of 69.

030



Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.