Mild climate and warm sea always attracted many people to Yalta but after 1899 Chekhov became the foremost attraction of the city. The list of the guests of Chekhov’s house kept growing: actors, writers, artists, medical doctors, public figures.
As spring set in, the number of visitors was especially large. Everybody remembered Chekhov as a very hospitable man, a good company, and to some people he even gave directions in the matters of literature. The pictures show the meetings with Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Nikolay Teleshov, MaxIm Gorky, Ivan Bunin and other writers. Chekhov’s acquaintance with Gorky began with their correspondence in 1898 when Gorky wrote to him, expressing admiration with Chekhov’s “ “amazing talent”.
Their first personal meeting took place in March 1899, and Gorky remembered in his letter: “You seem to be the first free man I have ever seen who does not worship anything “. Gorky published his first novel, “Foma Gordeev”, with a dedication to Chekhov. In early April 1900, during the Moscow Art Theatre tour, Chekhov introduced him to the directors and actors. Production of “The Philistines” and “The Lower Depths” plays in the MKT (EmKhaTe) Gorky to the forefront of the Russian drama. The last meetings of the writers took place in January 1904.
Another frequent guest in Chekhov’s house was Ivan Bunin. Personal acquaintance of the writers took place 12 December 1895. In his memoirs, Bunin wrote about his meetings and conversations with Chekhov in Moscow and in Yalta that left an indelible mark on his memory, about Chekhov’s touching attention to him. In everyday life Bunin was a social person interesting to talk to. In the Chekhov family he was given a funny nickname – “Bukishon”. The literary advice Chekhov gave to Bunin was to work really hard, to be “cold” while writing, to cross out “the beginnings” and “the ends” where a false note sounds most often, and defend self-sufficiency. Bunin’s best writings of the Chekhov’s times were the book of poems called “The Leaf Fall” and the translation of “The Song of Hiawatha” by Longfellow for which he was awarded Pushkin prize, with the assistance of Chekhov. Going to Badenweiler, Chekhov asked to tell Bunin that he should “persist in writing. He will grow into a great writer.”
As spring set in, the number of visitors was especially large. Everybody remembered Chekhov as a very hospitable man, a good company, and to some people he even gave directions in the matters of literature. The pictures show the meetings with Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Nikolay Teleshov, MaxIm Gorky, Ivan Bunin and other writers. Chekhov’s acquaintance with Gorky began with their correspondence in 1898 when Gorky wrote to him, expressing admiration with Chekhov’s “ “amazing talent”.
Their first personal meeting took place in March 1899, and Gorky remembered in his letter: “You seem to be the first free man I have ever seen who does not worship anything “. Gorky published his first novel, “Foma Gordeev”, with a dedication to Chekhov. In early April 1900, during the Moscow Art Theatre tour, Chekhov introduced him to the directors and actors. Production of “The Philistines” and “The Lower Depths” plays in the MKT (EmKhaTe) Gorky to the forefront of the Russian drama. The last meetings of the writers took place in January 1904.
Another frequent guest in Chekhov’s house was Ivan Bunin. Personal acquaintance of the writers took place 12 December 1895. In his memoirs, Bunin wrote about his meetings and conversations with Chekhov in Moscow and in Yalta that left an indelible mark on his memory, about Chekhov’s touching attention to him. In everyday life Bunin was a social person interesting to talk to. In the Chekhov family he was given a funny nickname – “Bukishon”. The literary advice Chekhov gave to Bunin was to work really hard, to be “cold” while writing, to cross out “the beginnings” and “the ends” where a false note sounds most often, and defend self-sufficiency. Bunin’s best writings of the Chekhov’s times were the book of poems called “The Leaf Fall” and the translation of “The Song of Hiawatha” by Longfellow for which he was awarded Pushkin prize, with the assistance of Chekhov. Going to Badenweiler, Chekhov asked to tell Bunin that he should “persist in writing. He will grow into a great writer.”
