Turgenev

American  

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

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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Turgenev

Ostrovsky and Turgenev were acquainted, and Chekhov, who came of age later in the 19th century, knew his predecessors’ work and name-checks both in “Uncle Vanya.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

She ended up with over 300 names, a who’s-who of 19th-century icons: composers like Rossini, Liszt and Schumann; novelists like George Sand, Victor Hugo and Ivan Turgenev, her lover; Giuseppe Mazzini and Napoleon III.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021

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

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