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Chejov y Gorki: Correspondencia
Chejov y Gorki: Anton Chejov (1860-1904) es sin duda una de las figuras literarias más influyentes de la posmodernidad. Su sensibilidad artística ha dejado tras de sí una producción teatral que ha marcado la escena del siglo XX, así como un legado de narraciones que se engrandece con el tiempo. Por su parte, Maxim Gorki (1868-1936) es uno de esos claros ejemplos de implicación entre arte y realidad; un hombre de acción que curtió su experiencia a base de oficios diversos, largos viajes y penurias de toda índole, bagaje que se reflejaría a la perfección en sus personajes y ambientes literarios, fiel correlato de una época convulsa. Como señala Rubén Pujante Corbalán en el postfacio, cuando Gorki y Chejov inician su correspondencia, en 1898, Chejov es ya un reconocido escritor y Gorki comienza solo a afianzar su producción literaria. Se entabla así una relación semejante a la de un maestro con su discípulo, una suerte de diálogo de aprendizaje que sus cartas reflejan a la perfección. Editorial Funambulista publica ahora por primera vez en español la correspondencia entre ambos escritores, una recopilación que es el testimonio de una amistad que aumenta y se fortalece con el devenir de sus protagonistas, una referencia ineludible sobre sus autores, sus obras y su tiempo.
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First published October 10, 2017
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Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
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November 5, 2021
Me encantan los libros epistolares y este no es una excepción.
Chejov y Gorki son dos grandes escritores que se escriben cartas hablando tanto sobre literatura como acerca de sus vidas.
Esa amistad muestra el papel positivo que puede tener en la vida de un escritor el hecho de recibir el ánimo continuo para que siga escribiendo. Seguramente muchas obras que los dos realizaron solo llegaron a existir con la ayuda de esta amistad.
También la historia nos muestra que los mejores amigos saben hacer buenas críticas con toda sinceridad que implica eso, así como también saben ser humildes lo suficiente como para aceptarlas y mejorar.
Qué pena que en aquella época las enfermedades pulmonares acortaban tanto la vida de grandes artistas.
Pero, Anton y Alexei siempre tendrán su lugar en mí memoria de ahora en adelante.
Chejov y Gorki son dos grandes escritores que se escriben cartas hablando tanto sobre literatura como acerca de sus vidas.
Esa amistad muestra el papel positivo que puede tener en la vida de un escritor el hecho de recibir el ánimo continuo para que siga escribiendo. Seguramente muchas obras que los dos realizaron solo llegaron a existir con la ayuda de esta amistad.
También la historia nos muestra que los mejores amigos saben hacer buenas críticas con toda sinceridad que implica eso, así como también saben ser humildes lo suficiente como para aceptarlas y mejorar.
Qué pena que en aquella época las enfermedades pulmonares acortaban tanto la vida de grandes artistas.
Pero, Anton y Alexei siempre tendrán su lugar en mí memoria de ahora en adelante.
April 19, 2023
Recopilación de cartas de 240 páginas, publicada en 2017, que intercambiaron los dos grandes autores desde 1898 hasta 1902. La gran amistad que forjaron, se extendería hasta la muerte de Chéjov. En estas páginas descubrimos la opinión de los dos escritores acerca del teatro, el arte y los autores de la época. Chéjov, que ya era una figura consagrada, aconsejaba a Gorki, que estaba empezando su carrera como escritor. El diferente temperamento de los dos amigos, significa un contraste y riqueza, en esta relación epistolar, maravillosa. De muy recomendada lectura.
April 26, 2024
Tiene detalles interesantes. Esta bueno como uno (como lector) va creando a Chéjov y Gorki, basándose en la forma en que ambos escribieron, se trataron y se criticaron. Es posible ver un sutil arco de metamorfosis en el pensamiento-acción de Gorki, pasando a estar mucho mas activo politicamente al final de las cartas.
Es clave entender que se daba una relación Maestro-Discípulo entre ambos, siempre desde una perspectiva constructiva.
Es clave entender que se daba una relación Maestro-Discípulo entre ambos, siempre desde una perspectiva constructiva.
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