Journalist N.P. Gilyarov-Platonov in the perception and evaluation of A.P. Chekhov

Kalugina Marina L'vovna

The article considers the perception of young A.P. Chekhov's personality and creativity of his older contemporary N.P. Gilyarova-Platonov-publisher, editor and author of the newspaper "Modern news". It is noted that A.P. Chekhov repeatedly expressed ironic, humorous and satirical assessments of a pseudo-prog and quasi-liberal journalist. Absurd, ridiculous and imaginary humane ideas, the author of which was N.P. Gilyarov-Platonov, ridiculed by a young journalist A.P. Chekhov. The study is relevant in connection with the attempts of modern literary studies to present the activities of N.P. Gilyarova-Platonov as an advanced, philanthropic, and the journalist himself-as a freedom-loving and deeply Christian personality.

Keywords:A.P. Chekhov, N.P. Gilyarov-Platonov, literary relations, senior contemporary, journalist, journalism.