Ward No 6 Stage 4 — Anton Pavloviç Çehov

Anton P Chekhov 1860 1904 He was bom in Ukraine Today he is remembered as a playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story One of Russia s greatest writers Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor Between 1888 and his death he revolutionized both the drama and the short story Till that time he wrote 201 stories He wrote both plays and short stories He is generally listed in the first rank of Russian playwrights and in the high second rank a notch below Pushkin and Tolstoy as a writer of prose His most famous plays include The Seagull 1896 Uncle Vanya 1899 and The Cherry Orchard 1904

Anton P Chekhov 1860 1904 He was bom in Ukraine Today he is remembered as a playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story One of Russia s greatest writers Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor Between 1888 and his death he revolutionized both the drama and the short story Till that time he wrote 201 stories He wrote both plays and short stories He is generally listed in the first rank of Russian playwrights and in the high second rank a notch below Pushkin and Tolstoy as a writer of prose His most famous plays include The Seagull 1896 Uncle Vanya 1899 and The Cherry Orchard 1904