Ivan Turgenev
(1818-1883)

Died aged 64

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (English: /tʊərˈɡɛnjɛf, -ˈɡeɪn-/; Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf]; 9 November 1818 – 3 September 1883 (Old Style dates: 28 October 1818 – 22 August 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. His first major publication, a short story collection titled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.

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Ivan Turgenev 1818-1883 Russian novelist, lived here on this site at Belinda Cottage and here in 1860, began his best known work "Fathers & Sons"

Ventnor Esplanade, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom where they lived and here began his best known work "Fathers & Sons" (1860)

Les romanciers Léon Tolstoï et Ivan Tourguéniev ont Séjourné a l’Hôtel de la Cloche du 9 au 14 Mars 1857

English translation: The novelists Leon Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev stayed at the Hotel de la Cloche 9-14 March 1857

9 Rue de la Liberté, Dijon, France where they stayed (1857)