Why is Znosko-Borovsky famous? (well, sort of)

Have you read any of his books?  They are quite witty and well written.  Much better than the kind of technical rubbish one usually finds in chess literature.

After hearing of his death, Gerald Abrahams wrote a personal tribute:

The death of Znosko-Borovsky deprives the chess world of one of the few survivors of an intellectually rich generation, the Russian Masters of the old regime ... My own memories of Znosko go back to 1923-24. I found him then, and at all times later, a stimulating friend and a delightful conversationalist in many subjects. His reputation as a dramatic and literary critic was, at one time considerable in Europe, though England knew little of this. Those who have read his chess works, however, must be aware that their writer was a kultur mensch in the best sense. Withal, he was stoical in adversity (adversity was always his lot) and possessed of great humour and resilience ... As a player he suffered from the demands of a professionalism that is incompatible with great performance: but he leaves records of many games which reveal, if not genius, then a great talent ... those who knew him will all agree that his life enriched, and in a degree inspired, the chess world.

I've read How Not to Play Chess., and have just started How to Play The Chess Openings, and hopefully will follow this up with his three other books, still in print , thanks to DoverBooks .

How to Play Chess Endings. 

The Art of Chess Combination

The Middle Game in Chess

They should keep me occupied for quite a while.

I think there were like four or more chess players named Znosko-Borovsky

How good are his books?

wow world class player

that's true!!!

I know of him because basically no-one wrote about the middle game. Except him.

Capablanca wrote that several people had written about the middle game, but only Znosko-Borovsky was worth reading.