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Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, novelist and translator (1818–1883). He was born in Oryol and died in Bougival.

Also recorded as Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev · Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev · Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev, Turgenev by Repin

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Born
1818
Died
1883
Nationality
Russian Empire
Occupation
writer · poet · playwright · novelist · translator · prose writer
Fields
short novel · elegy · drama
Movements
literary realism
Known for
A Sportsman's Sketches · Fathers and Sons · A Month in the Country · Mumu · Home of the Gentry · Poems in Prose

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Ivan Turgenev was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, novelist and translator (1818–1883). He was born in Oryol and died in Bougival.

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