Ivan Turgenev
1818
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1883
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: literary realism
genre: short story, short novel, novel, elegy, drama
country of citizenship: Russian Empire
educated at: University of Berlin, Faculty of Philosophy at Saint Petersburg State University, Imperial Moscow University, Humboldt University of Berlin
occupation: writer, poet, playwright, novelist, translator, prosaist, dramaturge, opinion journalist
student of: Nikolai Ustryalov
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( toor-GHEN-yef, -GAYN-; Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf]; 9 November [O.S. 28 October] 1818 – 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. His first major publication, a short story collection titled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions translated by Ivan Turgenev 3
Authors influenced by Ivan Turgenev 2
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