ANTON CHEKHOV RUSSIAN WRITER XIX CENTURY Anton

ANTON CHEKHOV RUSSIAN WRITER XIX CENTURY

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29, 1860 – July 15, 1904) Was a Russian writer who wrote short stories and plays.

NATIVITY • Anton Chekhov was born in Taganrog, which is a city in Russia.

CHEKHOV’S SHOP IN TAGANROG

CHEKHOV’S PARENTS • His father, Pavel, was the owner of a grocery store. • His mother, Yevgeniya, sometimes told Anton stories about her childhood.

FAMILY

SOME FACTS ABOUT FAMILY Chekhov's family was very poor. Anton Chekhov had to pay for his own education. He paid for it by tutoring (teaching) other students, catching birds and selling them, and writing short stories for newspapers. When he had extra money, he sent it to his family. While he was at school, he read many books by famous authors, for example Miguel de Cervantes and Arthur Schopenhauer.

PRIMARY EDUCATION • In 1867, Chekhov went to the classical gymnasium in Taganrog.

SCHOOL YEARS • When Chekhov was a scholar he published comic magazines and wrote humorous stories.

THE FIRST STEPS IN LITERATURE • When Chekhov was 18 years old he wrote the first play called «fatherlessness» .

GRADUATE • In 1879, Chekhov graduated from classical gymnasium.

HIGHER EDUCATION • In 1879, Chekhov went to Moscow University. • While he was at Moscow University, Chekhov wrote many short stories to pay for his schooling and to help his family. In 1886, one of the most famous newspapers in Russia, New Times, asked him to write stories for them. Soon, his stories started to get famous, and other writers read his work and liked it. He wrote a book of stories called At Dusk that won the Pushkin Prize, an award for good writing.

DIPLOMA • In 1884, Chekhov got the diploma of the doctor by the Moscow State University.

CAREER OF A DOCTOR • He worked as a province doctor in a hospital in Voskresensk. • After that he worked in Zvenigorod.

‘THE ISLAND OF SAKHALIN’ • In 1890, Chekhov went to Sakhalin Island, a penal colony (prison). He talked to many prisoners and found out that they were treated very badly. The prisoners were often beaten. There were also children there. He was angry, and wrote about it in a book called The Island Of Sakhalin and in a short story called The Murder.

MELIKHOVO • In 1892, he bought a house and some land near Moscow called Melikhovo.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PROSE • While at Melikhovo, he started to write a play called The Seagull. When it was first performed, it went very badly, and the audience did not like it. Later, it was performed at another theater, the Moscow Art Theater, where the performances went better. Soon after this, he had another play performed, called Uncle Vanya. He later wrote two more great plays: Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. All four plays are still often performed today.

SICKNESS AND MARRIAGE • In 1897, he became sick. Doctors told him that he had tuberculosis, a lung disease. He moved to Yalta and bought a house there. Later, he married a woman named Olga Knipper. At Yalta, he wrote some of his most famous stories, including a story called The Lady With The Dog.

DEATH • By 1904, Chekhov was very sick. He died on the 2 nd of July in Germany. He was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.

INFLUENCE • Chekhov influenced many important writers, including George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf. His short stories are still read by many people around the world.

LIST OF REFERENCE • http: //simple. wikipedia. org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov

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