Ivan Bunin

Russian author

Born: October 22, 1870 · Died: November 8, 1953

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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( BOO-neen; alternatively: BOO-nin; Russian: Иван Алексеевич Бунин, IPA: [ɪˈvan‿əlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ‿ˈbunʲɪn] ; 22 October [O.S.

Who was Ivan Bunin?

Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( BOO-neen; alternatively: BOO-nin; Russian: Иван Алексеевич Бунин, IPA: [ɪˈvan‿əlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ‿ˈbunʲɪn] ; 22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1870 – 8 November 1953) was a Russian writer. He was noted for the artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is considered to be one of the richest in the language.

Historical significance

He became the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1933. Best known for his short novels The Village (1910) and Dry Valley (1912), autobiographical novel The Life of Arseniev (1933, 1939), short stories collection Dark Avenues (1946) and 1917–1918 diary Cursed Days (1926), Bunin was a revered figure among Russian émigrés, European critics, and many of his fellow writers, who viewed him as an heir to the tradition of realism in Russian literature established by Tolstoy and Chekhov.

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