Chekhov, Anton (Pavlovich)
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born Jan. 29, 1860, Taganrog, Russia
died July 14/15, 1904, Badenweiler, Ger.
Russian playwright and short-story writer.
The son of a former serf, he supported his family by writing popular comic sketches while studying medicine in Moscow. While practicing as a doctor, he had his first full-length play,
Ivanov (1887), produced, but it was not well-received. He took up serious themes with stories such as "The Steppe" (1888) and "A Dreary Story" (1889); later stories include "The Black Monk" (1894) and "Peasants" (1897). He converted his second long play,
The Wood Demon (1889), into the masterpiece
Uncle Vanya (1897). His play
The Seagull (1896) was badly received until its successful revival in 1899 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and the
Moscow Art Theatre. He moved to the Crimea to nurse his eventually fatal tuberculosis, and there he wrote his great last plays,
Three Sisters (1901) and
The Cherry Orchard (1904), for the Moscow Art Theatre. Chekhov's plays, which take a tragicomic view of the staleness of provincial life and the passing of the Russian gentry, received international acclaim after their translation into English and other languages, and as a short-story writer he is still regarded as virtually unmatched.
Anton Chekhov, 1902.
David Magarshack
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Universalium.
2010.
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Chekhov,Anton Pavlovich — Che·khov also Che·kov (chĕkʹôf, ŏf, ŏv, chyĕʹKHəf), Anton Pavlovich. 1860 1904. Russian writer whose dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and stories, including “A Dreary Story” (1889), concern the inability of humans to communicate… … Universalium
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Chekhov, Anton — ▪ Russian author Introduction in full Anton Pavlovich Chekhov born Jan. 29 [Jan. 17, Old Style], 1860, Taganrog, Russia died July 14/15 [July 1/2], 1904, Badenweiler, Ger. major Russian playwright and master of the modern short story. He was a … Universalium
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov — noun Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860 1904) • Syn: ↑Chekhov, ↑Chekov, ↑Anton Chekhov, ↑Anton Chekov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekov • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Anton Pavlovich Chekov — noun Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860 1904) • Syn: ↑Chekhov, ↑Chekov, ↑Anton Chekhov, ↑Anton Chekov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekhov • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Anton Chekhov — Chekhov redirects here. For other uses, see Chekhov (disambiguation). This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Pavlovich and the family name is Chekhov. Anton Chekhov May 5, 1889 … Wikipedia
Antón Chéjov — «Chéjov» redirige aquí. Para otras acepciones, véase Chéjov (desambiguación). Antón Chéjov Antón Chéjov, por Osip Braz, 1898 … Wikipedia Español
Anton Chekhov — noun Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860 1904) • Syn: ↑Chekhov, ↑Chekov, ↑Anton Chekov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekov • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Anton Chekov — noun Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860 1904) • Syn: ↑Chekhov, ↑Chekov, ↑Anton Chekhov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekov • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Chekhov — noun Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860 1904) • Syn: ↑Chekov, ↑Anton Chekhov, ↑Anton Chekov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, ↑Anton Pavlovich Chekov • Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
