THE DETERMINED FIGHTER

THE DETERMINED FIGHTER

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is one of Russia’s most cherished storytellers. His short stories, hilarious one-acts and full-length tragedies have secured him a place among the greatest Russian writers of all time. Some of his best known works are Neighbours, Ward Number Six, The Black Monk, The Murder, and Ariadne. Although he is admired by many today the rise to glory wasn’t an easy one. He was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, Ukraine 1860, as the son of a grocer. Chekhov’s childhood was shadowed by his father’s tyranny, religious fanaticism and long nights in the store which was open from five in the morning till midnight. Chekhov began writing short stories during his days as a medical student at the University of Moscow. Ivanov (1887), Chekhov’s first full-length play, a fairly immature work compared to his later plays, examines the suicide of a young man very similar to Chekhov himself in many ways. His next play, The Wood Demon (1888) was also fairly unsuccessful. In fact, it was not until the Moscow Art Theatre production of The Seagull (1897) that Chekhov enjoyed his first overwhelming success. Chekhov was awarded the Pushkin Prize in 1888. Next year he was elected a member of the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature. In 1900 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg. The success story of Anton Chekhov enunciates the fact that "no matter what the odds are if you persistently try to excel success will be yours."


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