Turgenev

American  

[tur-gen-yuhf, -geyn-, toor-gye-nyif] / tɜrˈgɛn yəf, -ˈgeɪn-, turˈgyɛ nyɪf /

Or Turgeniev

noun

1. Ivan Sergeevich 1818–83, Russian novelist.

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Turgenev British  

/ turˈɡjenɪf /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

He’s celebrated as a literary heir to giants like Turgenev, Gogol and Nabokov, but at times, he’s questioned the value of literature, dismissing novels as “just paper with typographic signs.”

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 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

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