![]() Most of Chekov’s plays were written during the last 15 years of his life, although early productions were disastrous. When I tire of one, I go and sleep with the other." He also conducted thousands of interviews of convicts and settlers on Sakhalin Island, in Russia’s Far East, in 1890 these were published as The Island of Sahkalin, a powerful work calling for more humane treatment of convicts. He was quoted as saying, "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. Though he trained as a doctor, his primary occupation became short-story writing, for which he won the Pushkin Prize in 1887, while only in his 20s. After the family became impoverished, Anton both supported them and financed his own education by writing for periodicals. ![]() ![]() Chekov’s father was abusive and accumulated ruinous debts. Anton Chekov was one of six children born to a grocer and his wife. ![]()
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