Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (chĕkˈôf, Rus. əntônˈ pävˈləvĭch chĕˈkhəv), 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer, dramatist, and physician, b. Taganrog. The son of a grocer and grandson of a serf, Chekhov earned enduring international acclaim for his stories ...
Russian writer whose dramas, such asThe Seagull(1896, revised 1898), and stories, including "A Dreary Story" (1889), concern the inability of humans to communicate with one another. Che·kho′vi·an(chĕ-kō′vē-ən)adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth ...
Best Known For: Russian writer Anton Chekhov is recognized as a master of the modern short story and a leading playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Industries Writing and Publishing Astrological Sign: Aquarius Death Year: 1904 Death date: July 15, 1904 Death City: Badenweiler ...
In 1890,Russian writer Anton Chekov writes short stories in newspapers to feed his family. He achieves success in the form of Pushkin prize. However, he decides to meet convicts at Sakhalin when one of this brothers die due to tuberculosis. ...
“I’ll make you smart yet!” Otchumyelov threatens him, and wrapping himself in his greatcoat, goes on his way across the square. … .. . Anton Chekhov –The Chameleon Ru: Chamelyeon (1884) short Russian story Russian literature
"Misery," written in 1886, is a day-in-the-life story about a Russian sleigh-driver named Iona Patapov that gives a close third-person view of Iona's life and work. The short story deals with themes of misery, as the title suggests, loneliness, poverty, and grief. Iona is a realist...
The Two ChekhovsFrom an examination of Chekhov's short stories, Bykov concludes that their understated humor, their subtlety, and the ordinariness of their characters—in contrast to the grand scale of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky novels—explain Chekhov's timeless appeal....
health. He died of tuberculosis on July 14, 1904, at the age of forty-four, in a German health resort and was buried in Moscow. 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...
This is the first of thirteen volumes of Anton Chekhov’s short stories, translated by Constance Garnett. Anton Chekhov was a Russian doctor who turned to fiction...
It was Anton Chekhov, a Russian playwright and author from the late 1800s, who coined the term “Chekhov’s Gun.” Though he was a medical doctor by trade, Chekhov wrote so manyshort storiesand plays that his literary output is what gave him lasting fame. In fact, he’s considered by...