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Ivan Turgenev, 1880. Fathers and Sons ("Отцы и дети"), Turgenev's most famous and enduring novel, appeared in 1862. Its leading character, Eugene Bazarov, considered the "first Bolshevik " in Russian literature, was in turn heralded and reviled as either a glorification or a parody of the 'new men' of the 1860s.
Aug 30, 2024 · Ivan Turgenev (born October 28 [November 9, New Style], 1818, Oryol, Russia—died August 22 [September 3], 1883, Bougival, near Paris, France) was a Russian novelist, poet, and playwright whose major works include the short-story collection A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852) and the novels Rudin (1856), Home of the Gentry (1859), On the Eve (1860 ...
The first Russian writer to be widely celebrated in the West, Turgenev managed to be hated by the radicals as well as by Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky for his dedicated Westernism, bland liberalism, aesthetic elegance, and tendency to nostalgia and self-pity.
May 18, 2018 · The Russian novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was a founder of the Russian realistic novel. He ranks as one of the greatest stylists in the Russian language.
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев) (November 9, 1818 – September 3, 1883) was a Russian realistic novelist, poet, and playwright. A social reformer, Turgenev occupied an uneasy position between old-guard Tsarist rule and increasingly fashionable political radicalism.
Ivan Turgenev, (born Nov. 9, 1818, Oryol, Russia—died Sept. 3, 1883, Bougival, near Paris, France), Russian novelist, poet, and playwright. His years at the University of Berlin convinced him of the West’s superiority and the need for Russia to Westernize.
He was one of the earliest admirers of H. James, on whom he had substantial influence. Perhaps the greatest English debt to him is owed by G. A. Moore, whose whole mature career was given shape by the discovery of Turgenev's artistry. By 1890 most of Turgenev's major work had appeared in English.
Born November 9, 1818, in Orel Province, Russia; died of cancer of the spine September 3, 1883, in Bougival, France; son of Sergei Nikolaievich (a military officer) and Varvara Petrovna (Lutovinova) Turgenev; children: Pelageia (with Avdotya Ivanov).
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature.
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