Bunin

[ boo-nyin ]
/ ˈbu nyɪn /

noun

I·van A·le·kse·e·vich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/,1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.

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Bunin
/ (Russian ˈbunin) /

noun

Ivan Alekseyevich (iˈvan alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1870–1953, Russian novelist and poet; author of The Gentleman from San Francisco (1922)
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