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Anton Chekhov

Also known as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Antón Pávlovič Čéhov, Antón Pávlovich Chékhov, Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

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Anton Chekhov was a Russian writer and playwright who lived from 1860 to 1904 and created some of the most influential works in drama and literature. His plays and stories continue to be widely performed and read today because of their innovative approach to character development and their exploration of human emotions and everyday life.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 2

Top works

Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
Duel and Other Stories

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Film & TV

Writing · Taganrog, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]

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.…

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Krasnoyarsk
Active from: 1860
Active to: 1904

Discography

Der Schwarze Mönch2007
Drei Schwestern2010

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 632
Total plays: 4,639

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (January 29 [O.S. January 17] 1860 – July 15 [O.S. July 2] 1904) (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов) was a Russian short-story writer and playwright. His playwriting career produced four classics: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard; and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress." <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anton+Chekhov">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
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QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer
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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1860–1904
Nationality: RU, DE, RUS, IT, SU
Role / Field: Physicians, Medicos, Lekari, Escritores, Ecrivains, Drama
Language: rus
Gender: Male

Recorded by 47 libraries

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Quotes

“When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.”
“That can not possibly be, because it could never possibly be.”
“Eyes—the head’s chief of police. They watch and make mental notes. A blind person is like a city abandoned by the authorities. On sad days they cry. In these carefree times they weep only from tender emotions.”
“We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating.”
“Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.”
“If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache.... If your wife betrays you, be glad that she betrayed only you and not the nation.”

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
date of birth: 1860-01-29
date of death: 1904-07-15
Commons Creator page: Anton Chekhov
Commons gallery: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
pseudonym: Антоша Чехонте
birth name: Антонъ Павловичъ Чеховъ
last words: cela fait longtemps que je n’ai plus bu du champagne…
name in native language: Антонъ Павловичъ Чеховъ
P8168: vascular resistance
P12674: Gobionellinae
P12749: Feusisberg

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Works in European collections

32 objects attributed to Anton Chekhov, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article

Portrait of Anton Chekhov by Isaac Levitan (1886)

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (/ˈtʃɛkɒf/; Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов; 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1860 – 15 July [O.S. 2 July] 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. 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."