Anton Chekhov Facts
Anton Chekhov Facts
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Anton Chekhov went to Moscow in 1879 after being accepted to I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. He became a physician in 1884. |
Although Anton Chekhov became a physician he often treated patients for free and earned money from his writing. |
Anton Chekhov began coughing up blood in 1884 and 1885 but refused to tell his family that he had tuberculosis. |
In 1887 Anton Chekhov won the Pushkin Prize for his short story collection At Dusk. |
After a trip to Ukraine in 1887, Anton wrote the novella-length short piece titled The Steppe. His story was published in Severny Vestnik, a literary journal. |
In 1887 Anton was asked to write a play, which he wrote and titled Ivanov. It was produced and it became a hit. |
In 1889 Anton's brother Nikolay died from tuberculosis. Anton wrote A Dreary Story, a short story about a man who has reached the end of his life and realizes he had no purpose. |
Anton began to search for purpose in his own life after Nikolay's death and focused on prison reform. His findings after a trip to a prison on an island north of Japan resulted in a social science piece titled Ostrov Sakhalin (Island of Sakhalin) published in 1893 and 1894. |
Anton Chekhov bought a country estate in 1892 called Melikhovo. While there he began organizing relief efforts for those affected by cholera and famine. He built a clinic, fire station and three schools to help the local peasants. He also donated his medical services to help those in need, even while suffering with the symptoms of tuberculosis. |
In 1898, with his health failing, Anton bought a piece of land near Yalta and built a villa for himself, his mother, and his sister. At his home he was visited by other literary greats including Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky. |
Anton married Olga Knipper in 1901. She was an aspiring actress and lived in Moscow and he remained at Yalta. |
Anton Chekhov was one of Russia's most beloved writers. He wrote plays, short stories, novellas, non-fiction, and one novel: The Shooting Party (1884). At the time of his death Anton was second only to Leo Tolstoy in literary celebrity. |
Anton Chekhov's short stories included The Lady with the Dog, that some have called the greatest short story every written. |
Anton Chekhov died on July 15th, 1904 at the age of 44. |
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