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Portrait of Anton Chekhov by Isaac Levitan (1886). Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов, IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕexəf]; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer.His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.
Jun 10, 2024 · Anton Chekhov (born January 29 [January 17, Old Style], 1860, Taganrog, Russia—died July 14/15 [July 1/2], 1904, Badenweiler, Germany) was a Russian playwright and master of the modern short story. He was a literary artist of laconic precision who probed below the surface of life, laying bare the secret motives of his characters. Chekhov’s best plays and short stories lack complex plots and neat solutions. Concentrating on apparent trivialities, they create a special kind of atmosphere ...
Chekhov wrote more than 500 short stories, which, in terms of depth and artistry, rival the great novels of other writers. He was the first to focus not on overblown drama, but on everyday life.
About Anton Chekhov: One of Russia's greatest writers, Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor. Between 1888 and his death he single-handedly revolutionized both the drama and the short story. Near the end of his life he married an actress, Olga Knipper. He died from tuberculosis in 1904, age 44.
Anton Chekhov, (born Jan. 29, 1860, Taganrog, Russia—died July 14/15, 1904, Badenweiler, Ger.), Russian playwright and short-story writer.The son of a former serf, he supported his family by writing popular comic sketches while studying medicine in Moscow. While practicing as a doctor, he had his first full-length play, Ivanov (1887), produced, but it was not well-received. He took up serious themes with stories such as “The Steppe” (1888) and “A Dreary Story” (1889); later stories ...
Mar 17, 2017 · Chekhov the Playwright Because of his fondness for dialogue, Chekhov felt drawn to the theatre. His early plays such as Ivanov and The Wood Demon artistically dissatisfied him. In 1895 he began working on a rather original theatrical project: The Seagull.It was a play that defied many of the traditional elements of common stage productions.
Oct 3, 2022 · A guide to the short stories of Anton Chekhov. All of Chekhov’s Stories, Ranked. This list is based on the 201 tales Constance Garnett translated over the course of some seven years, totaling 13 volumes of Chekhov’s stories and novellas. Depending on what you’re counting, there are several hundred additional Chekhov stories that aren’t included in Garnett’s selection. But many of these are just a page or two, and some are just a few paragraphs long.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
May 23, 2018 · Anton Chekhov. BORN: 1860, Taganrog, Russia DIED: 1904, Badenweiler, Germany NATIONALITY: Russian GENRE: Drama, fiction MAJOR WORKS: The Cherry Orchard (1904) Uncle Vanya (1899) The Three Sisters (1901) Overview. Celebrated for his innovative methods in prose fiction and drama, Anton Chekhov is known for his ability to combine both tragedy and comedy in works that substitute dialogue for action and ambiguity for moral finality.
Anton Chekhov. Boston: Twayne, 1981. A general introduction to the life and art of Chekhov, focusing primarily on Chekhov’s stories as being the embodiment of the search for a philosophy of life ...
