The Search for Chekhov’s Daughter — First Part
Journal: Славистика
Year: 2023

The question of Anton Chekhov's possible paternity has recently been supported by some evidence, with circumstantial and written testimony in Russian and Serbian archives, to make an investigation necessary and possibly fruitful.This essay deals with Chekhov's relations with Nina Korsh, daughter of the theatre-owner, and the evidence for and against his being the father of her child Tatiana, who was born in 1901 and died in Serbia in 1938.Although this investigation is not conclusive, further re