Person

Anton Chekhov

Writing Born 29 Jan 1860 Died 15 Jul 1904 — at 44.459016393443 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...