Anton Chekhov

29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, regarded as one of the greatest masters of the modern short story. A practicing physician for much of his career, he wrote landmark plays including The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard.

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Born in Taganrog, Russia
29 January 1860

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the port town of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov, the third of six children of a grocer.

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Began medical studies at Moscow University
1879 – 1884

Chekhov enrolled in the medical faculty of Moscow University, supporting his family by writing comic sketches for magazines.

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Qualified as a physician
1884

Chekhov graduated and began practicing medicine, which he continued alongside his literary work for much of his life.

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Awarded the Pushkin Prize
1888

Chekhov received the Pushkin Prize from the Russian Academy of Sciences for his short-story collection At Dusk.

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Journey to Sakhalin Island penal colony
April 1890 – December 1890

Chekhov made an arduous journey across Siberia to survey the prison colony on Sakhalin Island, later publishing his findings.

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Moved to Yalta for his health
1898

Suffering from tuberculosis, Chekhov built a villa in Yalta on the Crimean coast, where he wrote Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.

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Moscow Art Theatre production of The Seagull
29 December 1898

After a disastrous 1896 premiere in St. Petersburg, the Moscow Art Theatre's 1898 revival of The Seagull was a triumph that revived Chekhov's career as a dramatist.

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Married actress Olga Knipper
25 May 1901

Chekhov married Olga Knipper, a leading actress of the Moscow Art Theatre, in a quiet ceremony in Moscow.

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Premiere of The Cherry Orchard
30 January 1904

Chekhov's final play, The Cherry Orchard, premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre on his 44th birthday.

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Died in Badenweiler, Germany
15 July 1904

Chekhov died of tuberculosis at the German spa town of Badenweiler at the age of 44.

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