Anton Chekhov
Writing
🎂 1860-01-29
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian playwright and writer, whose plays received international acclaim, and who as a short-story writer is still regarded as virtually unmatched. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." The son of a former serf, Chekhov started out supporting his family by writing popular comic sketches as a medicine student. While practicing as a doctor, he produced his first full-length play, Ivanov (1887). He took up serious themes with stories such as “The Steppe” (1888) and “A Dreary Story” (1889); later stories include “Ward Number Six” (1892), “The Black Monk” (1894) and “The Lady with the Dog” (1899). His play The Seagull (1896) was badly received until its successful revival in 1899 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre. After this he converted his earlier work The Wood Demon (1889) into the universally acclaimed play Uncle Vanya (1897). To nurse his eventually fatal tuberculosis he moved to the Crimea, where he wrote his famous last plays, Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).
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Theatre Play
1965
Short Story
1994
Short Story
2002
Theatre Play
2002
Novel
2004
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1970
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2005
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1978
Theatre Play
2017
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1993
Novel
1980
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1983
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1983
Novel
2008
Novel
2009
Short Story
1969
Writer
1955
Theatre Play
1994
Theatre Play
1997
Novel
1972
Short Story
1971
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1972
Theatre Play
1976
Novel
1970
Novel
1988
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1966
Novel
1973
Book
1964
Book
2019
Novel
1966
Theatre Play
1977
Story
1967
Short Story
1969
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1968
Theatre Play
1974
Original Story
2007
Novel
1970
Short Story
1987
Short Story
1954
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1980
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1944
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1982
Writer
2000
Story
1970
Novel
1970
Novel
1960
Writer
2021
Author
1991
Short Story
1982
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1984
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2004
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1975
Author
1987
Theatre Play
1965
Novel
1975
Novel
1956
Theatre Play
1970
Story
1990
Short Story
1982
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1978
Theatre Play
1978
Short Story
1961
Novel
1978
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1984
Novel
2010
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2019
Theatre Play
1954
Short Story
1953
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Writer
2021
Novel
2004
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1981
Original Story
1986
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1962
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1970
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1984
Short Story
1960
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1970
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1964
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1976
Novel
1960
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1977
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1972
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1971
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1952
Novel
1963
Original Story
1976
Short Story
1983
Short Story
1965
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1972
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1982
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1961
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1999
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1973
Theatre Play
1964
Novel
2017
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1974
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1954
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1970
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1966
Original Story
2011
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1961
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1938
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1959
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1944
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2015
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2019
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1959
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1969
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1971
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1977
Original Story
1991
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1963
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1969
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1987
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1960
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1969
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1961
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1977
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1983
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1993
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1967
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1999
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1984
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2020
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1984
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1986
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1978
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2022
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1985
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2017
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1978
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2015
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1971
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2014
Theatre Play
1981
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1970
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1985
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1939
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2022
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1978
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1960
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1966
Theatre Play
1996
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1926
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1957
Book
1959
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1959
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2022
Novel
1964
Theatre Play
2018
Theatre Play
1961
Author
1994
Theatre Play
1986
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1974
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1970
Theatre Play
1974
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1938
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1997
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2014
Theatre Play
1986
Author
1963
Theatre Play
2022
Short Story
1929
Theatre Play
1968
Original Story
1999
Short Story
1969
Book
1971
Short Story
1968
Original Story
2007
Writer
2021
Original Story
2007
Theatre Play
1979
Novel
1939
Theatre Play
1994
Writer
1970
Writer
2019
Story
1987
Theatre Play
1956
Theatre Play
2024
Theatre Play
1982
Writer
1982
Short Story
1967
Writer
1974
Theatre Play
2015
Original Story
1998
Screenplay
2025
Short Story
1969
Theatre Play
1994
Novel
2001
Short Story
1972
Book
1954
Novel
1986
Short Story
1983
Theatre Play
1995
Original Story
2005
Story
1978
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1952
Theatre Play
1970
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1972
Theatre Play
2013
Short Story
1990
Story
2002
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1978
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2024
Novel
1944
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2021
Author
1966
Short Story
1955
Short Story
1967
Short Story
1971
Novel
1962
Short Story
1999
Author
1992
Original Story
1991
Novel
2009
Author
1977
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1985
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1988
Author
1987
Short Story
1983
Novel
1973
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1970
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1971
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2003
Writer
1972
Short Story
1966
Short Story
1967
Theatre Play
1979
Theatre Play
1953
Writer
1999
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1963
Short Story
1960
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1959
Theatre Play
2020
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1964
Theatre Play
1938
Short Story
1967
Writer
1978
Author
1973
Theatre Play
1983
Book
1917
Short Story
1911
Story
1973
Novel
1990
Short Story
1949
Story
2018
Short Story
1974
Short Story
1963
Writer
2020
Theatre Play
1959
Novel
1978
Writer
1984
Novel
1977
Writer
1960
Theatre Play
1970
Short Story
1918
Theatre Play
1988
Story
1969
Short Story
2014
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1926
Novel
1961
Novel
1973
Author
1958
Novel
1991
Theatre Play
1954
Theatre Play
1954
Author
1954
Short Story
1960
Writer
1981
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1960
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1960
Original Story
1911
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2015
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1971
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1954
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2011
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1938
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2015
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1956
Theatre Play
2012
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1961
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1916
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1968
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2021
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1951
Short Story
1996
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2024
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1957
Theatre Play
1963
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1983
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1915
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2006
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1975
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1984
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2020
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2019
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2020
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1966
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2023
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2006
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2009
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1958
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1966
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1963
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2024
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1990
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2014
