| Birth: | Jan. 29, 1860 | | Death: | Jul. 15, 1904 | 
Writer and dramatist. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born the son of a grocer and grandson of a serf in Taganrog. After his father fled Taganrog because of bankruptcy, Chekhov's family was kicked out of their house by a former lodger. Chekhov rejoined his family in Moscow with his father in 1879. Chekhov began writing short stories during his days as a medical student at the University of Moscow. Chekhov's first career was as a writer of humorous material and he began contributing to minor magazines under the pen name of Antosha Chekhonte in 1880. His reputation grew when he published his first story collection "Motley Stories". His next collection "In the twilight" won him the Pushkin Prize in 1888. "Ivanov", Chekhov's first play, a fairly immature work compared to his later plays, examines the suicide of a young man very similar to Chekhov himself in many ways. His next play, "The Wood Demon" was also fairly unsuccessful. In fact, it was not until the Moscow Art Theater production of "The Seagull". In 1899, Chekhov gave the Moscow Art Theatre a revised version of "The Wood Demon", now titled "Uncle Vanya". Along with "The Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard", this play would go on to become one of the masterpieces of the modern theatre. During Chekhov's final years, he was forced to live in exile from the intellectuals of Moscow. He died of tuberculosis in 1904, in a German health resort. Since his death, Chekhov's plays have become famous worldwide and he has come to be considered the greatest Russian storyteller and dramatist of modern times. (bio by: Jelena)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Search Amazon for Anton Chekhov | | | Burial:
Novodevichy Cemetery
Moscow, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 2 |
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Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 193 |
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curiosgeorge
Added: Nov. 3, 2009 |
Thank you for your plays, thank you for inspiration. I was in love with you and never met you handsome man. Forever loved.
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Debi Ann
Added: Sep. 28, 2009 |
Dear Anton Chekhov,I was reading all the warm notes written to you by the many friends you have all over the world. I am certain that all of us have this one thing in common: we are all admirers of you and your work and we all would have loved it if we c...(Read more)
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Nymph Kellerman
Added: Sep. 26, 2009 |
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