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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( / ˈbuːniːn / BOO-neen [2] or / ˈbuːnɪn / BOO-nin; Russian: Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, IPA: [ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn] ⓘ; 22 October [ O.S. 10 October] 1870 – 8 November 1953) [1] was the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933.
Ivan Bunin (born October 10 [October 22, New Style], 1870, Voronezh, Russia—died November 8, 1953, Paris, France) was a poet and novelist, the first Russian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1933), and one of the finest of Russian stylists.
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Poet and novelist Ivan Bunin was the first Russian writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Born in Voronezh, Russia to a noble family that counted the poets Anna Búnina and Vasíly Zhukovsky among their ancestors, Bunin spent his early childhood in the rural Russian Provinces. He attended…
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1933 was awarded to Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing"
- The Gentleman from San Francisco (1915) A wealthy nameless gentleman is traveling to Italy on a ship called Atlantis. When he arrives at Capri, he suddenly dies, and his body becomes a burden for everyone – including his family, which does not know what to do with it.
- Mitya's Love (1924) This erotic story follows Mitya, a student, and the girl he is in love with, Katya, who is studying to become an actress. She is maturing and laughs at his boyishness.
- Cursed Days (1925-26) Bunin, who did not accept Bolshevism and supported the Whites in the Civil War, emigrated from Russia to France in 1920. His diaries Cursed Days, which reflect this turbulent and complicated period in Russia's history, were partially published in a Russian émigré newspaper in Paris.
- The Life of Arseniev (1927-1933) In Bunin's opinion, it was this novel, published in Paris in 1930, that led him to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature for the “humble mastery with which he develops the traditions of classical Russian prose.”
5 facts about Ivan Bunin, Russia's first Nobel Prize-winning author. As the heir to the literary tradition of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Bunin created his own unique style, immersing the reader in...
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин) (October 22, 1870 – November 8, 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade," is one of the richest in the language.
