person
I. Grek
also: И. Грэк
A contributor to Oskolki whose light, often serious-tinged pieces Chekhov cites as evidence that the journal has room for pieces graver than pure humor; likely a pen name of one of Leikin's regular writers.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 5 January 1886. Moscow. §8 И. Грэк
"I. Grek" ("I. the Greek") is proposed here as a collective house pseudonym for the "post" column, punning on the name of the section's editor; it functioned as a shared byline rather than an individual's signature.
- To N. A. Leikin, 1883. Moscow. §6 I. Grek
A contributor to Oskolki whose occasional serious, graceful pieces Chekhov cites as evidence the journal has room for more than pure comedy.
- To N. A. Leikin, 4 June 1883. Voskresensk. §6 I. Grek
Pen name of a fellow contributor to Strekoza during Chekhov's 1880 stint there; Chekhov recalls working alongside him and Leikin before he left the journal.
- To N. A. Leikin, 12–13 February 1884. Moscow. §13 I. Grek
A fellow Oskolki contributor whom Chekhov asks to work a passing mention of the Foundling Home scandal into one of his own short pieces.