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Women writers should write a lot if they want to write. Take the English women, for example. What amazing workers.

Anton Chekhov

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Anton Chekhov
Age: 44 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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