A world-famous playwright and writer, Chekhov Anton Pavlovich, was born in Taganrog in 1860 in the family of a successful grocer. The family was large and friendly. Relations in the family were built on the basis of mutual respect and friendship. As Chekhov's biography describes, the short, but substantial, childhood of little Anton Chekhov proceeded in endless visits to the church, where, in addition to participating in worship, he had to sing in the church choir. At home, the boy gave all his time to his father’s grocery store, guarded the front doors, laid out goods, swept the floor.
The beginning of literary activity
At the end of the gymnasium, young Chekhov entered the medical faculty, as evidenced by Chekhov's biography, which is brief in essence. And then the future writer of world significance begins to print his stories. The editors of such magazines as “Alarm Clock”, “Shards”, “Dragonfly”, willingly took from Anton Chekhov his works, written in simple language, accessible to the understanding of every Russian person. Plots for his stories Chekhov took from life. As a medical student, and then a doctor, he received an inexhaustible source of information for his literary endeavors. In addition to medical topics, based on professional observations, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov also used material from everyday life.
Trip to Sakhalin
In 1884, Anton Chekhov, whose brief biography is not replete with events, graduated from the university and became a medical practitioner. Six years later, the young doctor leaves for Sakhalin for the purpose of a sociological study. His attention is drawn to the disadvantaged sections of society, Chekhov is studying the life and life of convicts and settlers. At the same time, a doctor-writer is conducting a census of the local population. These events in the life of the future playwright are also reflected in Chekhov's biography, brief and accurate. After some time, Anton Pavlovich writes Sakhalin Island, a book in the genre of sharp journalism that attracts a huge number of people across Russia who sympathize with the plight of Sakhalin prisoners. Thanks to the timely release of the story, the government is taking urgent measures to improve the lives of convicts and immigrants.
Life in Melikhovo
For the period from 1890 to 1900, Chekhov became a writer, as Chekhov’s biography, a brief and concise. In 1892, he acquires the Melikhovo estate near Moscow, settles there and proceeds to creative writing. From under Chekhov's pen come the novels “Duel, ” “House with a Mezzanine,” and the psychological “Chamber No. 6”. And in 1897, the playwright Chekhov created several plays, including Three Sisters, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya. Theatrical productions based on the works of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov are unchanged success today, being considered a classic drama for all time.
The death of a writer
Chekhov’s personal life is not rich in events, in 1901 he marries theatrical actress Olga Knipper. The writer's family life did not last long, after six months Chekhov fell ill with tuberculosis. The disease progressed rapidly, and Anton Pavlovich was forced to relocate to Yalta, on the Crimean coast. In 1903, the writer ends his last work, "The Cherry Orchard." Chekhov is getting worse, tuberculosis makes itself felt. The famous playwright is invited to treatment at a German clinic in the city of Bradenweiler. However, the disease has already taken an irreversible form, and in 1904, in the month of July, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov died and was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery. This concludes the brief biography of Anton Chekhov, playwright and writer of world significance.