Twenty Questions - Game 170

[Spartaculous]

Was this person born in northern or western Europe?

Let's use the UN geoscheme here. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Europe) As usual, since national boundaries may have shifted since this person was born, I am asking about how the location of the person's birth is classified today. Someone born in what was then Germany, but now Poland, should return a "No." answer.

[Hominidae]

Born in an area that is currently within the Schengen area?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area

(This will narrow it down somewhat regardless of the answer to Spartaculous's question.)

[cdngooner]

All good questions. I won’t be able to answer for a few hours. Sorry.

[cdngooner]

Primarily known for writing poetry, plays, and/or fiction?

Yes.

Born in 19th century (by which I mean a year starting with 18)

Yes.

Male?

Yes.

Was this person born in northern or western Europe?

No.

Born in an area that is currently within the Schengen area?

No.

1, 9. Real human male, alive in 1900’s.
2, 5, 7. Famous for writing poetry, plays or fiction; but not music, film or TV.
3, 10, 11. Not born in Asia, Africa, North America, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Schengen Area.
4, 8. Born in the 1800's.
6. American or European nationality.

[Hominidae]

So we're looking for a male writer either born in Eastern Europe, or born in South America or Oceania (but had citizenship in Europe or North America).

Did he primarily or entirely write in Russian?

[cdngooner]

Did he primarily or entirely write in Russian?

Yes.

1, 9. Real human male, alive in 1900’s.
2, 5, 7, 12. Famous for writing Russian poetry, plays or fiction; but not music, film or TV.
3, 10, 11. Not born in Asia, Africa, North America, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Schengen Area.
4, 8. Born in the 1800's.
6. American or European nationality.

[cdngooner]

I think this will be over soon.

[Spartaculous]

I think this will be over soon.

Yeah, I'm down to about 3 or 4 people that I think it could be, so I will go ahead and use my free guess on Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

[Hominidae]

Free guess: Leo Tolstoy.

[cdngooner]

It is ANTON CHEKHOV! I am currently rehearsing a play called Stupid Fucking Bird, a modern adaptation of The Seagull.

Congratulations Spartaculous.

[Spartaculous]

Hooray! Is there a gun in your play?

I will get the next round up this afternoon (American time).

[Hominidae]

I had a feeling Spartaculous was right, but I had to guess the other obvious one since Chekhov was already taken. Good work.

[cdngooner]

Hooray! Is there a gun in your play?

Of course there is!

[Spartaculous]

I had a feeling Spartaculous was right, but I had to guess the other obvious one since Chekhov was already taken. Good work.

The strategy of this game is interesting. I decided against Tolstoy simply because he is so well-known. I was choosing between Chekhov, Bulgakov, and Pasternak (Tolstoy was the "or 4").

Hooray! Is there a gun in your play?

Of course there is!

I have gone to math talks with "Chekhov's lemmas": if some result is stated in the first part of the talk, it will be used to prove something in the final part of the talk.