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Ivan Bunin


Born
in Voronezh, Russian Federation
October 22, 1870

Died
November 08, 1953

Genre
Classics



Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (Russian: Иван Алексеевич Бунин) 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 ...more

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Тёмные аллеи
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4.12 avg rating — 6,318 ratings — published 1943 — 60 editions
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The Gentleman from San Fran...
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3.98 avg rating — 2,039 ratings — published 1922 — 84 editions
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Cursed Days: Diary of a Rev...
4.19 avg rating — 1,579 ratings — published 1935 — 44 editions
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Господин из Сан-Франциско
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3.67 avg rating — 1,523 ratings — published 1915 — 41 editions
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Легкое Дыхание
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4.03 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 1916 — 15 editions
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The Life of Arseniev: Youth
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3.86 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 1930 — 22 editions
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Collected Stories
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4.21 avg rating — 721 ratings — published 1978 — 16 editions
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Sunstroke: Selected Stories
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4.06 avg rating — 642 ratings — published 1925 — 17 editions
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Митина любовь
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3.68 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1925 — 35 editions
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Чистый понедельник
4.13 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1945 — 5 editions
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“Words are one thing, deeds are quite another.”
― Ivan Bunin
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“Человека делают счастливым 3 вещи: любовь, интересная работа и возможность путешествовать.”
― Иван Бунин
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“And the years came and went, the decades. But now it's no longer possible to put it off any more: either now or never. The one final opportunity must be taken, for the hour is late and nobody will come upon me.”
― Ivan Bunin
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