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  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 th January 1860 to 15 th July 1904) He was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is one of the greatest writers.   As a playwright he produced four classics and his best short stories are considered his best inspiring works by other writers and critics.   He was born on the feast day of St. Anthony the great on 29 th January 1860 in Taganrog.   He was the 3 rd of six surviving children. Chekhov attended the Greek school in Taganrog. Due to financial crisis Chekhov had to pay for his own education.   He managed by private tutoring, catching and selling goldfinches and selling short sketches of him to the newspapers among other jobs.   He took responsibility for the whole family.   In 1884, Chekhov was qualified as a physician.   In 1887 he was so tired and ill due to overwork.   So he took a trip to Ukraine to enjoy the beauty of the Steppe.   Then he began to focus on the short story “The S...

 Junji Kinoshita   Kinsohito was born in Tokyo on 2nd August 1914. He did his school in Tokyo till 1925. Then he moved to Kumamoto. 1936 Kinoshita returned to Tokyo to attend the imperial university of Tokyo. There he studied English literature. His early plays and some folktales were created at the time of militarism. Kinoshita did many plays and novels and theatre reviews, also translation of Shakespeare’s works. Kinsohito was elected as the member of The Japan Art Academy in 1984 and was selected as the honorary citizen of Tokyo. But he never accepted any national honors and awards and continued his Left-wing political view till the end. Kinsohito died on October 30, 2006 from pneumonia. According to his will and wish no funeral was held. In fact his death was announced one month after his death.   Summary of Twilight Crane   This play is originated from the folktale “Tsuru no ongaeshi”. The play goes like this, one day Yohyo a kind farmer helps a wound...

  Mark .Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Pen name is Mark Twain. He was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecture. Great humorist of United States. Twain expressed his boyhood life on the Mississippi, he first pen his name when he was working in Territorial Enterprise newspaper. His first success as a writer came when his humorous “Tall Tale” was published on November 18, 1865. “The Saturday press” brought him national attention. His letters to the Sacraments Union (in Hawaii) were popular and became the basis for his lectures. Twain was attached to science and scientific inquiry. He spent much time with Nikola Tesla and in Tesla’s laboratory. Twain lost a great deal of his savings through investments. But he was able to recover financially with his writings and lectures. Twain sailed across the Pacific Ocean. He went on to Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India and South Africa. He became his country’s significant opponent of ...