Lydia Avilova

Lydia Avilova
BornLydia Alexeyevna Strakhova
Лидия Алексеевна Страхова
15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1864
Tula Governorate, Imperial Russia
Died27 September 1943(1943-09-27) (aged 79)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupationshort story writer • novelist • memoirist
NationalityRussian

Lydia Alexeyevna Avilova (Russian: Ли́дия Алексе́евна Ави́лова, née Стра́хова (Strakhova); 15 June 1864 – 27 September 1943) was a Russian writer and memoirist, best known for her book A.P. Chekhov in My Life, published posthumously in 1947.[1]

  1. ^ Avilova's biography at Russian Writers (dictionary), pp. 19-20 // Русские писатели 1800–1917: Биогр. слов. – М., 1989.-Т.1.-С.19-20.