Anton Chekhov
Jun 10, 2021
2 minutes
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IN PROFILE
Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and playwright. Widely considered among the greatest ever short story writers, he is best known in the west for his four classic plays – and which are still regularly performed on stage. A qualified physician, he died of tuberculosis at the age of just 44.
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