Though originally trained as a doctor, Anton P. Chekhov is known as a very productive Russian playwright and author of many short stories.
Biography
Anton P. Chekhov was born in 1860 in Taganrog in Southern Russia.
In 1876, the father - a shop owner, son of a former serf - was declared bankrupt, and the family moved to Moscow, leaving the young Chekhov in Taganrog, where he supported himself giving private lessons and writing for the paper. He joined the family in 1879 and entered Moscow University to study medicine, continuing his writing to support the family.
Though finishing his medical education in 1884, he only worked as a physician for a short time before he was hired by the newspaper Novoe Vremya, where he made his living. In the time that followed, Checkhov became well known in the literary circles of Moscow.
In 1887, he travelled to Ukraine to recover from illness, which inspired him to write several well-known works.
In 1890, Chekhov took a longer trip to Sakhalin, where he spent some time in the penal colony. This period had a great personal influence, and he published a work more in the genre of social science in 1893 & 1894 about his thoughts and experiences in Sakhalin.
In 1892, Chekhov bought an estate at Melikhovo, where he went into organising relief for famine and disease for the peasants, and he offered medical assistance, though he himself suffered from tuberculosis. Many of Chekhov's playes and stories feature the character of the country doctor, and he wrote several of his more famous plays while at Melikhovo.
As his illness progressed, he was sent to a clinic, and in 1898 he bought land in Yalta on the Crimea to have a place for his recovery. Impatient with living in the country, he continued writing plays for the Moscow Art Theatre.
In 1901, he married Olga Knipper, who was an actress working with Constantin Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre. She continued working there while he stayed in Yalta.
He passed away in 1904.
*Dates added - 01.29.1860-06.15.1904 - are of the new style, but Russia didn't adopt that until 1918, so one will often encounter the dates 01.17.1860-07.02.1904.*
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Short stories
162 editions - first published in 1915 Read -
Vishnevyĭ sad
64 editions - first published in 1923 Borrow -
Chaĭka
62 editions - first published in 1915 Borrow -
Tri sestry
61 editions - first published in 1922 Borrow -
Plays
51 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
Di︠a︡di︠a︡ Vani︠a︡
48 editions - first published in 1923 Borrow -
Chekhov
28 editions - first published in 1947 Borrow -
Letters of Anton Chekhov
28 editions - first published in 1973 -
Pʹesy
15 editions - first published in 1897 Read -
The Bishop and Other Stories
14 editions - first published in 1919 Read -
The Oxford Chekhov: Translated and edited by Ronald Hingley.
12 editions - first published in 1964 -
Pʹesa bez nazvanʹi︠a︡: a play in four acts and five scenes
12 editions - first published in 1961 -
Sobranie sochinenii v dvenadtsati tomakh
12 editions - first published in 1960 -
The portable Chekhov
12 editions - first published in 1947 -
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
11 editions - first published in 1921 Borrow -
Izbrannye proizvedenii͡a︡
10 editions - first published in 1950 -
Izbrannye proizvedeniya
9 editions - first published in 1934 -
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
9 editions - first published in 1922 Read -
Ivanoff
9 editions - first published in 1924 Borrow -
Six famous plays: The bear, The three sisters, The cherry orchard, The proposal
8 editions - first published in 1939 -
Three sisters and other plays
8 editions - first published in 1908 -
Four great plays: Translated by Constance Garnett.
8 editions - first published in 1958 Borrow -
The black monk, and other stories
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The schoolmistress and other stories
8 editions - first published in 1920 Read -
Medvedʹ: a joke in one act
7 editions - first published in 1909 Read -
The cherry orchard and other plays
7 editions - first published in 1923 -
Plays by Anton Chekhov: Uncle Vanya; Ivanoff; The Sea Gull; The Swan Song
7 editions - first published in 1972 -
Ostrov Sakhalin: a journey to Sakhalin
7 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
The kiss and other stories
7 editions - first published in 1908 Read -
The Undiscovered Chekhov: Fifty-one New Stories by Anton Chekhov
7 editions - first published in 1998 Borrow -
Swan Song
7 editions - first published in 2006 -
The letters of Anton Pavlovitch Tchehov to Olga Leonardovna Knipper
6 editions - first published in 1924 -
Izbrannye proizvedeniya v trekh tomakh
6 editions - first published in 1962 -
Stepʹ
6 editions - first published in 1920 -
Early stories
6 editions - first published in 1960 Borrow -
The School Mistress: and other stories
6 editions - first published in 1920 Read -
Vishnevyĭ sad: a comedy in four acts
6 editions - first published in 1963 -
Russian silhouettes: more stories of Russian life
6 editions - first published in 1915 Read -
The seagull and other plays
5 editions - first published in 1954 -
Predlozhenie: a comedy in one act
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The Sea-Gull
5 editions - first published in 2006 -
Two plays by Tchekhof: The seagull [and] The cherry orchard.
5 editions - first published in 1912 Read -
Seven short novels: Translated by Barbara Makanowitzky with an introd. and prefaces by Gleb Struve.
5 editions - first published in 1963 -
The brute and other farces
5 editions - first published in 1958 -
My life, and other stories
5 editions - first published in 1920 Read -
The Kiss: and other stories
5 editions - first published in 1908 -
The Stories of Anton Chekhov
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Monologues from Chekhov
4 editions - first published in 1987 -
Uncle Vanya
4 editions - first published in 2006 -
Letters of Anton Chekhov to his family and friends: with biographical sketch
4 editions - first published in 1920 Read -
Nesobrannye pisʹma: Uncollected letters
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Selected works in two volumes
4 editions - first published in 1966 -
Don Juan (in the Russian manner): [A Play]
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Sobranie sochineniĭ v dvenadt͡s︡ati tomakh
4 editions - first published in 1954 -
Izbrannye rasskazy
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Dyadya Vanya =: Uncle Vanya
4 editions - first published in 1961 -
The life and letters of Anton Tchekhov
4 editions - first published in 1925 -
The stories of Anton Tchekov
4 editions - first published in 1932 Borrow -
The best known works of Anton Chekhov
4 editions - first published in 1936 -
The Tales of Chekhov, Volume 12: The Cook's Wedding And Other Stories
4 editions - first published in 2006 -
Rothschild's Fiddle & Other Stories
4 editions - first published in 1917 Read -
The Witch
4 editions - first published in 2004 Borrow -
Nine humorous tales
4 editions - first published in 1918 Read -
The Tales of Chekhov, Volume 13: Love And Other Stories
4 editions - first published in 2006 -
The Wife
4 editions - first published in 2004 Borrow -
Iz zapisnykh knizhek A. Chekhova
3 editions - first published in 1968 -
La Gaviota
3 editions - first published in 1962 -
Plays by Anton Tchekoff: Uncle Vanya. Ivanoff. The Sea-Gull. The Swan Song
3 editions - first published in 1913 Read -
The note-books of Anton Tchekhov: together with reminiscences of Tchekhov
3 editions - first published in 1921 -
Two plays: The cherry orchard [and] Three sisters.
3 editions - first published in 1912 -
Svad'ba =: The wedding.
3 editions - first published in 1963 -
Sobranie sochineniĭ
3 editions - first published in 1955 -
The wood demon: a comedy in four acts
3 editions - first published in 1926 -
The Wolf and the Mutt: Originally titled Belolobyy
3 editions - first published in 1971 -
Select tales
3 editions - first published in 1949 -
Ivanoff
3 editions - first published in 2006 -
Tchékhov
3 editions - first published in 1968 -
A.P. Chekhov: sbornik dokumentov i materialov
3 editions - first published in 1928 -
Dom s mezoninom i drugie rasskazy
3 editions - first published in 1976 -
Geḳlibene shrifṭen
3 editions - first published in 1910 Read -
Five great short stories
3 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow -
The Cook\'s Wedding: and other stories
3 editions - first published in 1922 Read -
The personal papers of Anton Chekhov: His Notebook Diary and Letters on Writing
2 editions - first published in 1948 -
Dear Writer, Dear Actress: The Love Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper
2 editions - first published in 1996 -
The Seagull
2 editions - first published in 1990 -
Uncle Vanya
2 editions - first published in 1965 -
How to write like Chekhov: advice and inspiration, straight from his own letters and work
2 editions - first published in 2008 -
Pis'ma A.P. Chechova
2 editions - first published in 1912 Read -
Five famous plays
2 editions - first published in 1930 -
Anton Chekhov's selected plays
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
Rasskazy, pʹesy
2 editions - first published in 1996 -
Ivanov, The seagull and Three sisters
2 editions - first published in 1968 -
Das Frühlingslesebuch. Geschichten für laue Frühlingsabende
2 editions - first published in 2000 -
Letters of Anton Tchehov to his family and friends
2 editions - first published in 1920 Read -
La Cerisaie
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Rasskazy. Povesti. P'esy
2 editions - first published in 1974 -
A country scandal: (Platonov)
2 editions - first published in 1960 -
The album, and five other tales
2 editions - first published in 1938 -
Chekhov Five Major Plays
2 editions - first published in 1977 -
Two plays of Anton Chekhov: The cherry orchard, Three sisters
2 editions - first published in 1966
Anton Chekhov
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Alternative names
- Чехов Антон Павлович
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
- Anton Chekhov
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
- CHEKHOV, ANTON PAVLOVICH, 1860-1904.
- Anton, Chekhov
- Anton Chekhov (Tchekhov)
- Anton Pavlovich, Chekhov
- ANTON CHEKHOV
- Anton P. Chekhov
- Anton CHEKHOV
- CHEKHOV, ANTON PAVLIVICH, 1860-1904.
- A. P. Chekhov
- A.P. Chekhov
- Anton Chekov
- A. Chekhov
- Chekhov A.
- A.P Chekhov
- Chekhov
- Anthon Chekhov
- Chekhov A
- A P Chekhov
- Anton Pavlovitch Tchekhov
- Anton Tchekhov
- Anton Checkov
- Anton Pavlovich Chekov
- Anton Pavlovich Cheukov
- Anton Pavlovich Chejov
- Anton Cechov
- Anton; Dowsett, Charles (translated by) Chekhov
- Anton Chekhoff
- Anton Chekhov; Translation From The Russian Kathleen Cook
- Anton Chekhov; Translator Elisaveta Fen
- Anton Chekov; Introduction By John Gielgud And Illustrations By Lajos Sza
- Anton Chekhov; Translation From The Russian Ivy Litvinov; Texts Sergeo
- Anton Chéjov
- Anton Pavlovitch Chekov
- Anton Chejov
- Anton Tschechow
- Anton Tchekoff
- Tchekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
- Tchekhov,Anton Pavlovitch
- Anton Pavlovich Tchekhov
- Anton Tchekov
- Anton Cehov
- Anton Tsjechof
- A. CHEKHOV
- Auton Chekhov
- A. P. ^Ce^hov
- A. P. Chekov
- Chekhov,Anton チェーホフ,アントン (1860-1904)
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