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Kuprin

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[koo-prin, koo-pryeen] / ˈku prɪn, kuˈprjin /

noun

  1. Alexander Ivanovich 1870–1938, Russian novelist and short-story writer.


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Ukraine says the ship's captain, Anton Kuprin, was killed on board, but the BBC has been unable to verify the claim.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2022

A top Ukrainian official Friday also said that Anton Kuprin, the commander of the flagship vessel and of the naval deployment off Ukraine’s southern coast, was among those who died in the incident.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

You could argue that from time to time, he praises Maupassant, or Kuprin, or Semenov, or myself.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2011

The trouble with A Call on Kuprin is not that it is one more lively routine thriller, but that it is that for only a fraction of the evening.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alexandre I. Kuprin was born in 1870; 1909 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of his literary activity.

From Yama: the pit by Bernard Guilbert Guerney

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