Lydia Avilova | |
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Born | Lydia Alexeyevna Strakhova Лидия Алексеевна Страхова 15 June [O.S. 3 June] 1864 Tula Governorate, Imperial Russia |
Died | 27 September 1943 Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 79)
Occupation | short story writer • novelist • memoirist |
Nationality | Russian |
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]