Anton Chekhov
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1860-01-29 (44 years old)
Deathday
1904-07-15
Place of Birth
Taganrog, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]
Also known As
A. P. Čechov
А. П. Чехов
А.П.Чехов
А.П. Чехов
Anton Chekhov
Biography
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. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." The son of a former serf, Chekhov started out supporting his family by writing popular comic sketches as a medicine student. While practicing as a doctor, he produced his first ful...
Acting
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1976
as Original Story
1974
as Writer
2022
as Writer
1994
as Theatre Play
1964
as Theatre Play
1961
as Theatre Play
1963
as Short Story
1990
as Novel
1991
as Original Story
1978
as Writer
1953
as Theatre Play
1964
as Theatre Play
1984
as Writer
1960
as Theatre Play
1960
as Short Story
1999
as Writer
2001
as Novel
1992
as Author
1983
as Short Story
1969
as Short Story
2021
as Author
1938
as Writer
1954
as Theatre Play
1954
as Author
1963
as Theatre Play
1971
as Writer
1959
as Writer
1961
as Writer
1978
as Writer
1974
as Writer
1970
as Writer
1970
as Writer
1966
as Theatre Play
1966
as Theatre Play
1967
as Short Story
1967
as Short Story
1967
as Short Story
1972
as Writer
2022
as Writer
1956
as Theatre Play
1911
as Original Story
2013
as Theatre Play
1968
as Short Story
1969
as Short Story
1969
as Short Story
1957
as Theatre Play
1988
as Short Story
1971
as Theatre Play
2006
as Short Story
1970
as Theatre Play
2009
as Novel
1970
as Theatre Play
1982
as Theatre Play
2004
as Novel
2002
as Story
1971
as Short Story
1972
as Short Story
1973
as Short Story
2011
as Writer
1972
as Theatre Play
1978
as Novel
2009
as Writer
1973
as Novel
1977
as Theatre Play
1960
as Novel
2006
as Writer
1996
as Theatre Play
1944
as Novel
1959
as Story
1999
as Short Story
1970
as Writer
1972
as Short Story
1977
as Novel
1961
as Story
1964
as Novel
1939
as Novel
1978
as Story
2004
as Novel
2009
as Novel
1984
as Story
1986
as Story
1971
as Theatre Play
2023
as Original Story
1952
as Story
1978
as Novel
2017
as Theatre Play
1966
as Novel
1991
as Novel
1978
as Theatre Play
1987
as Author
1986
as Novel
2003
as Writer
1973
as Story
1969
as Story
1988
as Theatre Play
2010
as Novel
1965
as Story
1956
as Short Story
1967
as Story
2008
as Novel
1967
as Story
1960
as Novel
2024
as Story
1999
as Short Story
2019
as Book
2014
as Author
2003
as Script
2017
as Novel
1963
as Novel
1976
as Theatre Play
1958
as Author
1981
as Writer
1974
as Short Story
1982
as Short Story
1982
as Short Story
2014
as Short Story
2007
as Original Story
2014
as Thanks
1977
as Theatre Play
2015
as Short Story
2015
as Short Story
1983
as Theatre Play
1997
as Writer
2001
as Additional Dialogue
1973
as Novel
1960
as Writer
1968
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1956
as Novel
1984
as Writer
2007
as Original Story
1973
as Writer
1984
1968
as Theatre Play
1962
as Theatre Play
1987
as Short Story
1995
as Theatre Play
1962
as Novel
1983
as Short Story
1970
as Theatre Play
2024
as Story
1974
as Short Story
1983
as Short Story
1984
as Author
1979
as Theatre Play
1972
as Story
1978
as Story
1959
as Theatre Play
2017
as Author
2018
as Theatre Play
2000
as Writer
-
as Author
1974
as Theatre Play
1999
as Original Story
2024
as Theatre Play
1983
as Story
1981
as Theatre Play
1969
as Writer
1983
as Short Story
1938
as Theatre Play
1971
as Writer
1983
as Short Story
1984
as Theatre Play
1970
as Theatre Play
1994
as Short Story
1982
as Writer
1994
as Theatre Play
1944
as Novel
1991
as Original Story
1964
as Book
1961
as Novel
2014
as Story
1997
as Theatre Play
2019
as Writer
1977
as Novel
1984
as Story
2019
as Writer
1971
as Short Story
1963
as Short Story
2005
as Original Story
2020
as Writer
1916
as Story
1970
as Novel
1970
as Novel
2011
as Original Story
2020
as Writer
1958
as Writer
1994
as Author
1949
as Short Story
2020
as Writer
1993
as Writer
2004
as Story
1966
as Author
2007
as Original Story
1993
as Theatre Play
2019
as Writer
1994
as Theatre Play
2019
as Book
2021
as Writer
1971
as Book
1975
as Writer
1996
as Short Story
1987
as Theatre Play
1985
as Theatre Play
2022
as Theatre Play
2012
as Theatre Play
1963
as Author
2022
as Original Story
1915
as Short Story
2015
as Theatre Play
1918
as Short Story
2020
as Theatre Play
1982
as Author
1959
as Book
1959
as Short Story
1985
as Short Story
2024
as Theatre Play
2021
as Writer
1977
as Author
1999
as Writer
1979
as Theatre Play
-
as Writer
1963
as Original Story
2021
as Writer
1971
as Short Story
1991
as Author
1964
as Author
1960
as Story
1938
as Author
2025
as Screenplay
-
as Author
2021
as Writer
1990
as Short Story
1975
as Novel
1939
as Short Story
1944
as Short Story
1954
as Book
1959
as Book
-
as Story
2015
as Short Story
2018
as Story
1990
as Story
1986
as Theatre Play
1977
as Theatre Play
2015
as Theatre Play
1986
as Theatre Play
1966
as Novel
1978
as Novel
1970
as Author
1987
as Author
1970
as Theatre Play
1963
as Theatre Play
1987
as Story
1973
as Author
1938
as Short Story
1951
as Short Story
1988
as Novel
1911
as Short Story
1955
as Short Story
1929
as Short Story
1926
as Short Story
1980
as Short Story
1966
as Short Story
1954
as Short Story
1978
as Short Story
1981
as Short Story
1960
as Short Story
1972
as Novel
1960
as Short Story
1972
as Short Story
1980
as Novel
1985
as Short Story
1960
as Short Story
1917
as Book
1954
as Short Story
1968
as Short Story
1978
as Short Story
1978
as Theatre Play
1961
as Short Story
2002
as Short Story
2002
as Theatre Play
1983
as Short Story
1975
as Short Story
1982
as Short Story
1960
as Short Story
1969
as Short Story
1926
as Short Story
1966
as Writer
1957
as Short Story
1970
as Short Story
1976
as Theatre Play
1961
as Short Story
1953
as Short Story
1969
as Short Story
1967
as Short Story
1966
as Short Story
1952
as Short Story
1961
as Short Story
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