Anton Chekhow

Anton Pavlovitsj Chekhov was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. His father was a grocer and his fathers father a serf. At the tender age of fifteen Anton’s father runs away from their hometown because he is bankrupt. Shortly after Anton and the rest of his family is kicked out of there home. Four years later they all come together again in Moscow.
When Anton got older he started a career as a comical writer for small magazine companies. His pseudonym was Antosha Chekhonte. Antosha was what his parents used to call him when he was a young boy. In 1884 Anton decided that he wanted to go into the medical field so he enrolled himself into a university. Since his family did not have a lot of money to send him to school he needed a way to pay his way through college. Anton decided that he would continue writing on the side to pay for his tuition.
He continued writing after he graduated from the university and in 1887 he had finished writing his first play cal...