Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time. 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Taganrog
- Educated at
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityChekhov GymnasiumMSU FacultyMedical faculty of Moscow University
- Awards
- 🏆 Pushkin Prize🏆 Honorary Citizen of the Russian Empire
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Trending topics shown first"We learn about life not from pluses alone, but from minuses as well."
"Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice."
"Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far as blather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material…"
"Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it."
"People love talking of their diseases, although they are the most uninteresting things in their lives."
"There are in life such confluences of circumstances that render the reproach that we are not Voltaires most inopportune."
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Timeline
1860
Born
Birth1904
Died
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