As a medical student at Moscow University, he wrote stories under the name Antosha Chekhonte
[DOC] [TLE] Anton Chekhov - Wikipedia [PAR] Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer, who is 
considered to ... Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as 
his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations .... having gained 
admission to the medical school at I.M.