Ivan Turgenev
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Turgenev.
Ivan Turgenev
Turgenev, depicted by Ilya Repin (1874)
Turgenev, depicted by Ilya Repin (1874)
Native name
Иван Тургенев
Born Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
9 November 1818
Oryol, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died 3 September 1883 (aged 64)
Bougival, Seine-et-Oise, France
Occupation Writer, poet, translator
Genre Novel, play, short story
Literary movement Realism, natural school
Notable works
A Sportsman's Sketches
Home of the Gentry
Fathers and Sons
A Month in the Country
Children 1
Signature
Portrait of Ivan Turgenev by Eugène Lami, c. 1843–1844
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (/tʊərˈɡɛnjɛf, -ˈɡeɪn-/ 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
