person
Ekaterina Yakovlevna Politkovskaya
Politkovskaya
also: Политковская, Екатерина Яковлевна Политковская
A minor contributor to several Petersburg and Moscow journals who visited Chekhov in November 1884 asking him to recommend a story of hers to Leikin at Oskolki; Chekhov's letter treats the episode with wry, slightly weary comedy.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 19 November 1884. Moscow. §5 Politkovskaya
A minor journal contributor who had asked Chekhov to recommend her work to Leikin; Chekhov's tone -- half-generous, half-exasperated -- is characteristic of how he handled the stream of aspiring writers who sought his endorsement.
- To N. A. Leikin, 26 November 1884. Moscow. §5 Politkovskaya
Ekaterina Yakovlevna Politkovskaya, a minor contributor whose submissions Chekhov had forwarded to Leikin a week earlier (letter of 19 November 1884); here he reports her delighted reaction to Leikin's reply.