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A Short Biography of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Author Name:

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Born As:

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Other Names:

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Born:

29 Jan 1860

Died:

15 Jul 1904




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Dramatist and writer                          
Selected Works:

That Worthless Fellow Platonov  - most commonly known as Untitled play or simply, Platonov  - c. 1881 - provided the source material for Michael Frayn's Wild Honey
On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco  - 1886, 1902
Ivanov  - 1887 - a drama in four acts
The Boor  - 1888 - one act comedy
The Proposal or A Marriage Proposal  - c. 1888-1889 - one act
A Reluctant Tragic Hero  - 1889
The Wedding  - 1889 - one act
The Wood Demon  - 1889 - four-act comedy
The Festivities  - 1891
The Seagull  - 1896
Uncle Vanya  - 1899-1900 - based on The Wood Demon
Three Sisters  - 1901
The Cherry Orchard  - 1904

Nonfiction:

A Journey to Sakhalin  - 1895, including:
Saghalien Island  - 1891-1895
Across Siberia
Letters

Short stories:

The Death of a Government Clerk  - Smert chinovnika  - 1883 
A Chameleon - Khameleon  - 1884
Oysters  - Ustritsy  - 1884
A Living Chronology  - Zhivaya Khronologiya  - 1885
Small Fry  - Melyuzga  - 1885
The Huntsman  - Yeger  - 1885
A Malefactor  - Zloumyshlennik  - 1885
Sergeant Prishibeyev  - Unter Prishibeyev  - 1885 
Misery  - Toska  - 1886
The Requiem  - Panikhida  - 1886
Anyuta,’‘  - 1886
Agafya  - 1886
Grisha - 1886
Easter Eve - Svyatoy Nochyu  - 1886
A Gentleman Friend  - Znakomy muzhchina  - 1886 
The Chorus Girl  - Khoristka  - 1886
Vanka  - 1886
Home  - Doma  - 1887
The Siren  - Sirena  - 1887
Kashtanka  - Kashtanka  - 1887
Sleepy - Spat khochetsya  - 1888
The Bet  - Pari  - 1889
A Dreary Story - Skuchnaya istoriya  - 1889
Gusev  - 1890
Peasant Wives  - Baby  - 1891
The Grasshopper’ - Poprygunya  - 1892
In Exile  - V ssylke  - 1892
Ward No. 6  - Palata No. 6  - 1892
The Black Monk - Chyorny monakh  - 1894
Rothschild's Fiddle  - Skripka Rotshil’da  - 1894
The Student  - Student  - 1894
The Teacher of Literature  - Uchitel slovenosti  - 1894 
Anna on the Neck - Anna na sheye  - 1895
Whitebrow  - Beloloby  - 1895
Ariadna’‘  - Ariadna  - 1895 
An Artist's Story - The House with the Mezzanine  - Dom s mezoninom  - 1896
Peasants  - Muzhiki  - 1897
The Petchenyeg  - Pecheneg  - 1897
The Schoolmistress In the Cart  - Na podvode  - 1897
The Little Trilogy  - 1898: ’’The Man in a Case’‘  - Chelovek v futlyare, ’’Gooseberries’  - Kryzhovnik, ’’About Love’‘  - O lyubvi
Ionych - 1898
A Doctor's Visit, A Case History  - Sluchay iz praktiki  - 1898 
The Darling  - Dushechka  - 1899
On Official Duty  - Po delam sluzhby  - 1899
The Lady with the Dog  - Dama s sobachkoy  - 1899
At Christmas Time  - Na Svyatkakh  - 1900
In the Ravine  - V ovrage  - 1900 
The Bishop - Arkhiyerey  - 1902
Betrothed - The Fiancée  - Nevesta  - 1903

Novellas:

The Steppe  - Step  - 1888 
The Duel  - Duel  - 1891
An Anonymous Story - The Story of an Unknown Man - Rasskaz neizvestnovo cheloveka  - 1893
Three Years  - Tri goda  - 1895
My Life - Moya zhizn  - 1896.

                          
Mother Yevgeniya
Father Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
Wife Olga Knipper