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Born (Антон Павлович Чехов) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer.

The brief memoir is abridged and adapted from the biographical sketch by his brother Mihail.

Two one-act plays by Anton Chekhov that have been associated to give voice to this “language that suggests”, as the young director Maëlle Poésy puts it.

Born (Антон Павлович Чехов) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer.!

Anton Chekhov

(1860-1904)

Who Was Anton Chekhov?

Through stories such as "The Steppe" and "The Lady with the Dog," and plays such as The Seagull and Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov emphasized the depths of human nature, the hidden significance of everyday events and the fine line between comedy and tragedy.

Chekhov died of tuberculosis on July 15, 1904, in Badenweiler, Germany.

Youth and Education

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860, in Taganrog, Russia. His father, Pavel, was a grocer with frequent money troubles; his mother, Yevgeniya, shared her love of storytelling with Chekhov and his five siblings.

When Pavel’s business failed in 1875, he took the family to Moscow to look for other work while Chekhov remained in Taganrog until he finished his studies.

Chekhov finally joined his family in Moscow in 1879 and enrolled at medical school. With his father still struggling financially, Chekhov supported the family with his freelance writi