Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev
Turgenev, depicted by Ilya Repin (1874)
Turgenev, depicted by Ilya Repin (1874)
Native name
Иван Тургенев
BornIvan Sergeyevich Turgenev
(1818-11-09)9 November 1818
Oryol, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died3 September 1883(1883-09-03) (aged 64)
Bougival, Seine-et-Oise, France
OccupationWriter, poet, translator
GenreNovel, play, short story
Literary movementRealism, natural school
Notable works
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Signature
Portrait of Ivan Turgenev by Eugène Lami, c. 1843–1844

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (/tʊərˈɡɛnjɛf, -ˈɡn-/ toor-GHEN-yef, -⁠GAYN-;[1] Russian: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев[note 1], 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.


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