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Ivan Turgenev

Writing 64 (deceased) years old Oryol, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Oryol Oblast, Russia] ★ 6.8
Born: November 9, 1818
Died: September 3, 1883

Biography

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.

Turgenev made his name with 'A Sportsman's Sketches', also known as 'Sketches from a Hunter's Album' or 'Notes of a Hunter', a collection of short stories, based on his observations of peasant life and nature, while hunting in the forests around his mother's estate of Spasskoye. The book is credited with having influenced public opinion in favour of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Turgenev himself considered the book to be his most important contribution to Russian literature. One of the stories, 'Bezhin Lea' or 'Byezhin Prairie', was to become the basis for Sergei Eisenstein's controversial film Bezhin Meadow (1937).

In the early 1850s, Turgenev wrote several novellas ('The Diary of a Superfluous Man', 'Faust', 'The Lull') expressing the anxieties and hopes of Russians of his generation. During the period of 1853–62 Turgenev wrote some of his finest stories as well as the first four of his novels: 'Rudin' (1856), 'A Nest of the Gentry' (1859), 'On the Eve' (1860) and 'Fathers and Sons' (1862). Fathers and Sons remains Turgenev's most famous novel. The novel examined the conflict between the older generation, reluctant to accept reforms, and the nihilistic youth.

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Known For

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play Story 1964
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 Theatre Play 1964
Theatre Macabre
Theatre Macabre Novel 1971
Theatre Macabre
Theatre Macabre Short Story 1971
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week Novel 1977

Filmography

Writing Credits (78)

The Singers
The Singers Short Story 2026
Väter und Söhne
Väter und Söhne Novel 2016
Two Women
Two Women Theatre Play 2014
My First Love
My First Love Novel 2013
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons Novel 2008
The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
The Husband, the Wife and the Lover Author 2007
Erste Liebe
Erste Liebe Novel 2002
All Forgotten
All Forgotten Novel 2001
Mu-Mu
Mu-Mu Novel 1998
The First Love
The First Love Writer 1995
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring Novel 1989
Príživník
Príživník Theatre Play 1988
Dream
Dream Novel 1988
Rudin
Rudin Novel 1987
Mu-mu
Mu-mu Short Story 1987
The Theater of I.S. Turgenev
The Theater of I.S. Turgenev Author 1986
On the Eve
On the Eve Author 1985
Summer Lightning
Summer Lightning Story 1985
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons Novel 1984
Faust
Faust Short Story 1984
Nadja Yet
Nadja Yet Adaptation 1983
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country Author 1983
Delenie majetku
Delenie majetku Theatre Play 1982
Rudin
Rudin Author 1982
Liza
Liza Writer 1978
Lone Wolf
Lone Wolf Screenplay 1977
Rudin
Rudin Novel 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week Novel 1977
Asya
Asya Novel 1977
Fantasia
Fantasia Novel 1976
Return
Return Writer 1975
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country Author 1973
Notes of a Hunter
Notes of a Hunter Author 1973
Noc v krčme „U veľkého diviaka“
Noc v krčme „U veľkého diviaka“ Theatre Play 1973
Mumu
Mumu Short Story 1973
Otcové a děti
Otcové a děti Novel 1972
Жизнь и смерть дворянина Чертопханова
Жизнь и смерть дворянина Чертопханова Novel 1972
A Touch of a Butterfly
A Touch of a Butterfly Book 1972
Theatre Macabre
Theatre Macabre Novel 1971
Theatre Macabre
Theatre Macabre Short Story 1971
First Love
First Love Short Story 1971
First Love
First Love Novel 1970
Podzim
Podzim Theatre Play 1970
Fortune's Fool
Fortune's Fool Theatre Play 1970
A Nest of Gentry
A Nest of Gentry Novel 1969
A Provincial Lady
A Provincial Lady Author 1969
The Song of Triumphant Love
The Song of Triumphant Love Short Story 1969
První láska
První láska Novel 1969
First Love
First Love Story 1969
Jarní vody
Jarní vody Novel 1968
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country Author 1968
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film Story 1968
Zabijaka
Zabijaka Short Story 1967
Venkovská panička
Venkovská panička Theatre Play 1966
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
The Journey of the Fifth Horse Writer 1966
Un mois à la campagne
Un mois à la campagne Writer 1966
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country Theatre Play 1966
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play Story 1964
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 Theatre Play 1964
S čím kdo zachází
S čím kdo zachází Theatre Play 1964
Torrents of Spring
Torrents of Spring Original Story 1960
On the Eve
On the Eve Novel 1959
Mumu
Mumu Book 1959
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons Novel 1959
The Dream
The Dream Story 1956
Breakfast at the Leader's
Breakfast at the Leader's Story 1953
The Parasite
The Parasite Screenplay 1953
Duelo en las montañas
Duelo en las montañas Novel 1950
Frühlingsfluten
Frühlingsfluten Story 1924
Le chant de l'amour triomphant
Le chant de l'amour triomphant Story 1923
Three Portraits
Three Portraits Story 1919
Faust
Faust Story 1919
The Inn
The Inn Short Story 1918
After Death
After Death Novel 1915
The Day Before
The Day Before Book 1915
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons Novel 1915
Song of Triumphant Love
Song of Triumphant Love Short Story 1915
Lieutenant Yergunov
Lieutenant Yergunov Short Story 1910

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