Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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Title: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Category: Top 10+ Writers Origin: Russia Listing added: Apr 14, 2009 Comments: 0 PageRank: 6/10

One of Russia's greatest writers, Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor. Between 1888 and his death he single-handedly revolutionized both the drama and the short story. Near the end of his life he married an actress, Olga Knipper. He died from tuberculosis in 1904, age 44.
His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.
Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896; but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Uncle Vanya and premiered Chekhov’s last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.

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