Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev
Turgenev, depicted by Ilya Repin (1874)
Native name	Иван Тургенев
Born	Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-11-09)9 November 1818 Oryol, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	3 September 1883(1883-09-03) (aged 64) Bougival, Seine-et-Oise, France
Occupation	Writer, poet, translator
Genre	Novel, play, short story
Literary movement	Realism
Notable works	A Sportsman's Sketches Home of the Gentry Fathers and Sons A Month in the Country
Children	1
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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.

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