A “Romanced Biography”: Irène Némirovsky’s La Vie de Tchekhov
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 1...
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| description | 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. Supported by extensive archival research, this article analyses Némirovsky’s romanced biography within the history of the genre and its codification in 1920s France. At first, the article will explore Némirovsky’s research preparation and, in a comparison with other works, will appraise her ability to infuse life to scholarly facts. Subsequently, it will consider the importance of Némirovsky’s creative choices; while her identification with her subject allows the emergence of a higher degree of empathy, her place as an assimilated Russian émigré and French author gives her the necessary detachment for the narrative of the past to become a space for the apprehension of the present. |
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