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HOW TO
WRITE LIKE
CHEKHOV
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ANTON CHEKHOV
was born in
1860
in Taganrog, a port on
the Sea of Azov. His father, a shopkeeper, was the son of a
peasant who bought himself and his family out of serfdom.
Chekhov began to write short stories while studying at the
University of Moscow, and after graduating from medical
school he embraced both professions: medicine as his “law-
ful wife” and literature as his “mistress.” While continuing to
write short stories, Chekhov became interested in the theater
and, early in his career, began to write plays. His first suc-
cessful full-length play,
The Sea Gull,
was produced in
1896,
followed by
Uncle Vanya
and
The Three Sisters. The Cherry
Orchard
appeared in
1904,
and in the same year Chekhov,
who had long suffered from tuberculosis, died at the age of
forty-four.
Co-editor
PIERO BRUNELLO
is a professor of social history
at the University of Venice in Italy.
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Co-editor and translator
LENA LENCEK
is professor of Russ-
ian and the humanities at Reed College in Portland, Ore-
gon, and the author, editor, co-author, and co-editor of
more than a dozen books, including
Beach: Stories by the
Sand and Sea.
She has recently annotated a new edition of
Tolstoy’s
War and Peace.
She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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