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Osip Braz, Anton Chekhov, 1898, oil on canvas; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Despite Chekhov's reputation as a playwright, William Boyd asserts that his short stories represent the greater achievement. [121] Raymond Carver, who wrote the short story "Errand" about Chekhov's death, believed that Chekhov was the greatest of all short story writers:
Yelchin was born with cystic fibrosis, though the details of his medical condition were only revealed posthumously [13] in 2017 by a foundation established in his name, the Anton Yelchin Foundation. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The foundation aims to support children and young adults ages 7-27, who were engaged in the arts but also suffering from debilitating ...
"The Death of a Government Clerk" (Russian: Смерть чиновника, romanized: Smert chinovnika) is a short story by Anton Chekhov published originally the Oskolki magazine's 2 July, No. 27 issue, subtitled "The Incident" (Случай) and signed A. Chekhonte (А. Чехонте).
Anton Chekhov's influence is seen in the Oscar-winning film "Drive My Car" and recent novels by Gary Shteyngart and Rachel Cusk. And stage productions, including a new "Uncle Vanya" at Pasadena ...
The Life and Letters of Anton Tchekov. Translated and Edited by S.S. Koteliansky and Philip Tomlinson. New York. 1925. The Personal Papers of Anton Chekhov. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. New York. 1948. The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov. Edited by Lillian Hellman and translated by Sidonie Lederer. New York. 1955. ISBN 0-374-51838-6.
The fear of death, which to an intensely intellectual people like the Russians, is an obsession of terror, and shadows all their literature,—it appears all through Tolstoi's diary and novels,—is analysed in many forms by Chekhov. In Ward No. 6 Chekhov pays his respects to Tolstoi's creed of self-denial, through the lips of the doctor's ...
"The Bishop" (Russian: Архиерей, romanized: Arkhiyerei) is a 1902 short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in the April 1902 issue of Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh. The story, telling about the last days of a terminally ill priest, in many ways reflects the psychological state of the author, who was at the time full of premonitions of his own ...
The top causes of death remain “really common,” Dr. Asaf Bitton, an associate professor of medicine and health care policy at Harvard Medical School, tells Yahoo Life. “Heart disease and ...