| Anton Chekhov was a Russian dramatist, playwright, story teller and novelist. He was the editor of Russkaya Myst and a founder of two rural schools. He is considered the founding father of modern playwriting and short stories. He was born on the 29th of January 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. His career as a playwright saw four all time classics with his short stories being highly rated by both writers and critics. His awards include the Pushkin Prize and Griboedov Prize.
Anton Chekhov was a practicing physician and was a doctor all through his writing career. He is noted to have said “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress”. According to Anton Chekhov, he was prompted to writing by the urge to express himself artistically. His earliest publications were for comic magazines. He was always motivated by politics and was therefore at peace with the imperial Russian government.
In 1896, Anton Chekhov quit theatre after a poor show of The Seagull. The play however was later acclaimed by the Moscow Art Theatre which also premiered his last two plays. Anton Chekhov’s short stories have been admired down through the generations. His originality used the “steam of consciousness” writing technique and moral finality which was later used by Virginia Wolf. His plays are also mentioned as some of the most intricate with Leo Tolstoy having once told him that his plays were “worse that Shakespeare’s”.
Anton Chekhov died on 15th July 1904 in Badenweiler, Germany having influenced millions of readers and modern writers such as Virginia Woolf, John Cheever, Tennessee Williams, Vladmir Nabokov and their millions of readers. His major works include: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Ivanov, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, The Dolls House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, together with many short stories. |
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