A “Romanced Biography”: Irène Némirovsky’s La Vie de Tchekhov by Marta Laura Cenedese

“…At the beginning of the twentieth century biography became a popular genre that reached literary standing, thanks to the many authors who wrote and discussed the genre’s newfound status. Irène Némirovsky participated in this dialogue with her biography La Vie de Tchekhov, posthumously published in 1946. …”
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