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Turgenev

American

[tur-gen-yuhf, -geyn-, toor-gye-nyif] / tɜrˈgɛn jəf, -ˈgeɪn-, turˈgjɛ njɪf /

Or Turgeniev

noun

Ivan Sergeevich 1818–83, Russian novelist.

Turgenev British

/ turˈɡjenɪf /

noun

Ivan Sergeyevich (iˈvan sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1818–83, Russian novelist and dramatist. In A Sportsman's Sketches (1852) he pleaded for the abolition of serfdom. His novels, such as Rudin (1856) and Fathers and Sons (1862), are noted for their portrayal of country life and of the Russian intelligentsia. His plays include A Month in the Country (1850)

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Franz Liszt taught her piano, and Ivan Turgenev adored her.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022

While most such guides offer only excerpts from the good writing you’re shooting for, Saunders includes the full text of seven short stories by four Russian authors: Turgenev, Chekhov, Tolstoy and Gogol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2021

Gustav Flaubert wrote in a letter to Turgenev, responding to the love object in the novella.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2020

They were the ones who began modern Russian literature itself in this period, producing great Russian novelists like Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

The writer Ivan Turgenev described him as an intelligent, queer, and sickly creature.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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