The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Anton Chekhov: '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 ...
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Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 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 modernis…
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science · Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904) · physician · novelist · journalist · writer · prose writer · satirist · playwright · short story writer · film screenwriter · librettist · also Anton Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Antón Pávlovič Čéhov, Antón Pávlovich Chékhov, Chekhov
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Remember that writers whom we call great or just good and who make us drunk, have one common, very important feature: they are going somewhere and calling you with them, and you feel not with your mind, but your whole being, that they have a goal, like the ghost of Hamlet
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2026· 20 entries
Theater Pizzazz: ‘The Real Ivanov- A Comedy About Despair’ by Anton Chekhov
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“Where in life to search more assiduously; what not to overlook; what”
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“Remember that writers whom we call great or just good and who make us drunk, have one common, very important feature: they are going somewhere and calling you with them, and you feel not with your mind, but your whole being, that they have a goal, like the ghost of Hamlet”
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“Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.”
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“s almost a novella and is, in my opinion, his greatest. In it you will find all the key Chekhovian tropes: the black humour, the candid depiction of the absurdity of life, its fleeting happiness, its”
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“the main cog had jumped out of the Melikhovo machine”
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“are like horse-flies which prevent the horse from ploughing. The horse works, all its muscles drawn tight like the strings on a double bass and a fly settles on its flanks and tickles and buzzes... he has to twitch his skin and swish his tail. And what does the fly buzz about? It scarcely knows itself; simply because it is restless and wants to proclaim:”
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“D Drink: untypically for a Russian of his era, Chekhov was not a heavy drinker. His elder brothers Kolia and Aleksandr were chronic alcoholics and perhaps the memory of the squalor of Kolia”
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“Yes, that's how it is, child. He who works, he who is patient is the superior.”
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“Crutch is coming! Crutch! The old horseradish.”
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“Ho-ho-ho! This is a fine daughter-in-law for you too! Everything is in its place in her; all runs smoothly, no creaking, the mechanism works well, lots of screws in it.”
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“and if any of our dear ones die, it must be because it is the will of God, so we ought have fortitude and bear it submissively.”
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“Comparing Chekhov to Tolstoy, Vladimir Nabokov wrote,”
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Mshale: The Bet By Anton Chekhov : Summary || Class 12 || Semester 3 || Animated Story In Bengali Mckenna Nhl (Oy4EpkEynt)
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The Indian Express: Citing Anton Chekhov on life imprisonment, Delhi High Court releases 2 convicts
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The Herald: This is a remarkable new interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s famous work
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SSBCrack: New Production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard Opens at Harold Pinter Theatre
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Texas Public Radio | TPR: The Classic Theatre tackles Anton Chekhov's 'The Seagull'
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Indiatimes: Quote of the day by Anton Chekhov: 'If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry', and a surprising take on human psychology and relationships
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2024· 1 entry
BroadwayWorld: Multilingual Production Of Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD Announced At Under St Marks, January 20 - 27
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2022· 1 entry
Yahoo: Commentary: How Anton Chekhov became the playwright of the moment
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2020· 1 entry
YourTango: 4 Short Love Stories By Anton Chekhov + His Most Romantic Quotes
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2019· 1 entry
Indiatimes: Russian author Anton Chekhov's birth anniversary today
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2015· 1 entry
scmp.com: Six degrees of separation from Anton Chekhov
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2013· 2 entries
The Guardian: Anton Chekhov: a lifetime of lovers
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The Wellcome Trust-funded play 'A Russian Doctor', performed by Andrew Dawson and researched by Professor Jonathan Cole, explored Chekhov's experiences on Sakhalin Island
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2010· 1 entry
Variety: Anton Chekhov’s The Duel
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2008· 1 entry
The Guardian: A leaky roof and backstage drama at Chekhov's White Dacha
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1985· 1 entry
“Man muß nun mal leben, auch wenn man's gar nicht will. Die Tage ableben, einen nach dem anderen, arbeiten und alt werden, sterben." - Onkel Wanja. Deutsch von Thomas Brasch. 4. Bild. Sonja zu Wanja. In: Tschechows Stücke. Suhrkamp 1985, S. 241.”
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1981· 1 entry
The playwright Tennessee Williams adapted The Seagull as The Notebook of Trigorin
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1908· 1 entry
Olga wrote this account of her husband's last moments:
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1904· 16 entries
Died 1904-07-02.
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“Kogo interesuje moje czy twoje życie? Ludziom musisz dawać ludzi, a nie siebie samego.”
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“A man and woman marry because both of them don't know what to do with themselves.”
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“Se você tem medo da solidão, não se case.”
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“O amor mostra ao homem como ele deveria ser sempre.”
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“Não me diga que a Lua está brilhando; mostre-me o seu reflexo num caco de vidro.”
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“Opis: ktoś obawiający się zmian.”
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“Jak się nie ma prawdziwego życia, żyje się mirażami.”
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“Nie ma nic bardziej groźnego, ubliżającego człowiekowi i męczącego niż pospolitość.”
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“Kto ma świadomość winy, zawsze szuka usprawiedliwienia w okolicznościach zewnętrznych.”
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“Mężczyzna bez kobiety jest jak parowóz bez pary.”
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“Niebo zsyła nam przyjaźń po to, żebyśmy mogli się wypowiedzieć i pozbyć tajemnic, które nas gnębią.”
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“Nie wiem co mam Ci powiedzieć oprócz tego, co już mówiłem Ci 10000 razy, prawdopodobnie będę mówił jeszcze długo, że jest tak że Cię kocham – i nic więcej.”
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“Nie ma nic nudniejszego niż nudna sztuka.”
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“Nie istnieje nauka narodowa, podobnie jak nie istnieje narodowa tabliczka mnożenia.”
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“Ich habe so lange keinen Champagner mehr getrunken." - Letzte Worte, 2. Juli 1904, überliefert von seiner Nichte Olga Tschechowa in "Meine Uhren gehen anders" (1973)”
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1902· 1 entry
Olga suffered a miscarriage; and Donald Rayfield has offered evidence, based on the couple's letters, that conception occurred when Chekhov and Olga were apart, although other Russian scholars have rejected that claim
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1901· 1 entry
“Man muß an Gott glauben, und wenn man den Glauben nicht hat, dann soll man an seiner Stelle keinen Sensationsrummel setzen, sondern suchen, suchen, einsam suchen, allein mit sich und seinem Gewissen." - Briefe, 17. Dezember 1901”
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1898· 1 entry
Chekhov bought a plot of land on the outskirts of Yalta and built a villa (The White Dacha), into which he moved with his mother and sister the following year
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1896· 1 entry
But the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard
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1894· 1 entry
Chekhov began writing his play The Seagull in a lodge he had built in the orchard at Melikhovo
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1893· 1 entry
And 1894 as Ostrov Sakhalin (The Island of Sakhalin), a work of social science, not literature
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1892· 2 entries
“Abscheuliche Mittel, für gute Zwecke eingesetzt, machen auch den Zweck abscheulich." - Briefe, 1. August 1892”
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“Je höher die Kultur, desto reicher die Sprache." - Briefe, 12. Oktober 1892”
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1891· 1 entry
“Sattheit enthält, wie jede andere Kraft, immer auch ein bestimmtes Maß an Frechheit, und dies äußert sich vor allem darin, dass der Satte dem Hungrigen Lehren erteilt." - Briefe, 19. Oktober 1891”
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1890· 1 entry
Chekhov undertook an arduous journey by train, horse-drawn carriage, and river steamer across Siberia to the Russian Far East and the katorga (penal colony) on Sakhalin Island, north of Japan
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1889· 3 entries
“Opis: w liście do brata Aleksandra, 23 kwietnia 1889.”
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“Eine Kleinigkeit, einverstanden, aber an solchen Kleinigkeiten geht die Welt zugrunde." - Briefe, 17. Oktober 1889”
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Influenced A Dreary Story, finished that September, about a man who confronts the end of a life that he realises has been without purpose
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1888· 7 entries
Awarded Pushkin Prize (1888).
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With a little string-pulling by Grigorovich, the short story collection At Dusk (V Sumerkakh) won Chekhov the coveted Pushkin Prize "for the best literary production distinguished by high artistic worth
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“Die Menge meint, alles zu wissen und alles zu begreifen, und je dümmer sie ist, desto weiter erscheint ihr ihr Horizont." - Briefe, 30. Mai 1888”
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“Eine Erzählung ohne Frau ist eine Maschine ohne Dampf." - an Iwan Leontjew, 22. Januar 1888”
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“An der miserablen Qualität unserer Theater ist nicht das Publikum schuld." - Briefe, 7. November 1888”
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“Gänsefüßchen benutzen zweierlei Arten von Schriftstellern: die ängstlichen und die ohne Talent. Erstere erschrecken vor der eigenen Courage und Originalität, die zweiten, die irgendein Wort in Gänsefüßchen setzen, wollen damit sagen: Sieh mal, Leser, was für ein originelles, kühnes und neues Wort ich gefunden habe!" - Briefe, 20. Oktober 1888”
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“Es ist leicht, rein zu sein, wenn man es fertig bringt, den Teufel zu hassen, den man nicht kennt, und Gott zu lieben, an dem zu zweifeln das Hirn nicht reicht." - Briefe, 11. September 1888”
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1887· 1 entry
Exhausted from overwork and ill health, Chekhov took a trip to Ukraine, which reawakened him to the beauty of the steppe
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1886· 4 entries
Was invited to write for one of the most popular papers in St
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“A Futile Occurrence or A Trivial Incident (1886)”
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“Russian Pancakes or Bliny (1886)”
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“On the Harmfulness of Tobacco (1886)”
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1885· 3 entries
“Life is Wonderful (For those attempting suicide) (1885)”
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“Innocuous Thoughts (1885)”
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“Guide for Those Wishing to Marry (1885)”
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1884· 4 entries
Studied at Medical faculty of Moscow University, Doctor of Medicine (1879–1884).
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“The Fruits of Long Meditations (1884)”
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And 1885, Chekhov found himself coughing blood, and in 1886 the attacks worsened, but he would not admit his tuberculosis to his family or his friends
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Chekhov qualified as a physician, which he considered his principal profession though he made little money from it and treated the poor free of charge
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1883· 1 entry
“A Brief Human Anatomy (1883)”
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1880· 1 entry
“Letter to a Learned Neighbor (1880)”
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1879· 1 entry
Chekhov completed his schooling in Taganrog and moved in with his family in Moscow, having gained admission to the medical school at I
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1878· 1 entry
“Fatherlessness or Platonov, Act I, sc. xiv (1878)”
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1876· 2 entries
Chekhov's father Pavel was declared bankrupt after overextending his finances building a new house, having been cheated by a contractor named Mironov
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Studied at Chekhov Gymnasium (1868–1876).
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1860· 2 entries
Born 1860-01-17.
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“s children. Letter to writer Maria Kiseleva (Juny 1886) When in a serious mood, it seems to me that those people are illogical who feel an aversion toward death. As far as I can see, life consists exclusively of horrors, unpleasantnesses and banalities, now merging, now alternating. Letter to M.V. Kiseleva (September 29, 1886) To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards. Letter to N.A. Leikin (December 24, 1886) I”
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