Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov ``the greatest short story writer who has ever lived.`` This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov\'s genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf.
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While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance of Chekhov\'s Stories is now recognized by readers as well as by fellow authors.
Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov ``the greatest short story writer who has ever lived.`` This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov\'s genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf