Ivan Bunin (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin (BEWN-yihn), the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1933), led a hard life despite his international acclaim as one of the very finest writers of the novella. Born to a noble but poor family in Voronezh, Russia, Bunin was privately tutored in his native Yelets district before continuing his studies briefly at the University of Moscow. He first attracted attention with his translations of works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Lord Byron. For this work he was awarded the Pushkin Prize, the top honor of the Russian Academy. He seemed, with these...
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