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Who influenced Anton Chekhov?

  • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Russian novelist (1821–1881)

    Influenced 37

    Influenced by 18

  • Honoré de Balzac

    French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)

    Influenced 26

    Influenced by 2

  • Henrik Ibsen

    Norwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 5

  • Émile Zola

    French journalist, playwright and poet (1840–1902)

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 1

  • Leo Tolstoy

    Russian author (1828–1910)

    Influenced 19

    Influenced by 20

  • Gustave Flaubert

    French novelist (1821–1880)

    Influenced 14

    Influenced by 0

  • Alexander Pushkin

    Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 8

  • Guy de Maupassant

    French writer (1850-1893)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 2

  • Nikolai Gogol

    Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 4

  • Alexander Ostrovsky

    Russian playwright (1823-1886)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Ivan Turgenev

    Russian writer (1818–1883)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by Anton Chekhov?

  • Lev Shestov

    Russian existentialist philosopher (1866 – 1938)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 12

  • Saul Bellow

    Canadian-American writer

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 14

  • Charles Bukowski

    German-American writer (1920–1994)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 19

  • Cornel West

    American philosopher, political activist and writer (born 1953)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 4

  • Eugene O'Neill

    American playwright (1888–1953)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Jhumpa Lahiri

    American author of Indian origin

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Tennessee Williams

    American playwright (1911–1983)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 4

  • Ba Jin

    Chinese novelist and anarchist activist (1904-2005)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Ion Sapdaru

    Romanian actor

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Irakli Samsonadze

    Georgian writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Yaroslav Halan

    Ukrainian Soviet journalist and playwright (1902–1949)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5