Ivan Turgenev
1818 – 1883 · aged 65
Russian writer (1818–1883)
- Born
- 1818 · Oryol
- Died
- 1883 · Bougival
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- 1818BornBorn in Oryol
- 1883DiedDied in Bougival
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) 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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