Anna Anichkova | |
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| Born | 1868/1869 |
| Died | 1935 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and translator |
Anna Mitrofanovna Anichkova (1868/1869 – 1935) was a Russian writer and translator who published under the pseudonym Ivan Strannik. She wrote fiction in both French and Russian.[1]
Anna Mitrofanovna Avinova was born in the Caucasus. Some sources give 1868 as her year of birth,[2] and others 1869.[1][3] She married the literary critic Evgeny Anichkov and moved to Paris in the late 1890s, establishing a literary salon there which attracted writers like Anatole France and Vlacheslav Ivanov. She wrote novels in French, and contributed to Revue de Paris, Revue Bleu and Figaro.[4]
In 1909 the couple returned to Russia, and she began writing short fiction for the 'thick periodicals' there. After the Russian Revolution in 1917 she concentrated on translation rather than fiction.[4]
