Ivan Bunin | |||
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Native name | Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин | ||
Born |
Voronezh, Russian Empire |
22 October 1870||
Died | 8 November 1953 Paris, France |
(aged 83)||
Nationality | Russian | ||
Genre | fiction, poetry, memoirs, criticism, translations | ||
Notable works |
The Village The Life of Arseniev Cursed Days |
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Notable awards |
Nobel Prize in Literature 1933 Pushkin Prize 1903, 1909 |
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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (/ˈbuːniːn/ or /ˈbuːnɪn/; Russian: Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин; IPA: [ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn]; 22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1870 – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict 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.
Best known for his short novels The Village (1910) and Dry Valley (1912), his autobiographical novel The Life of Arseniev (1933, 1939), the book of short stories Dark Avenues (1946) and his 1917–1918 diary (Cursed Days, 1926), Bunin was a revered figure among anti-communist white emigres, European critics, and many of his fellow writers, who viewed him as a true heir to the tradition of realism in Russian literature established by Tolstoy and Chekhov.