Fiction
- Ivan, a fictional secondary character of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Ivan Braginski, the given name to the representation of Russia in the manga series, Hetalia: Axis Powers.
- Ivan the Fool, a fictional character of Ivan the Fool (story)
- Ivan Vanko, an antagonist from the Marvel Comics franchise The Invincible Iron Man and appears as the primary antagonist in the sequel to the film adaptation.
- Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a fictional character of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- A character in Nintendo's Golden Sun
- Ivan Vassilevich Lomov, a character in Anton Chekhov's one-act play, A Marriage Proposal
- Ivan Raidenovich Raikov, a character who appears in Hideo Kojima's video game, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'.
- Ivan Ilych, the title character of Leo Tolstoy's book, The Death of Ivan Ilych.
- Ivan Karamazov, brother of protagonist Alyosha Karamazov, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Brothers Karamazov
- Ivan is the doorman in the 2006 film Curious George.
- Ivan Veen is the main character of Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor.
- Ivan Drago is the popular Soviet boxer and nemesis of Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV.
- Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov (Bezdomny), a character in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, The Master and Margarita
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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:
“The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader’s mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“Although the primitive in art may be both interesting and impressive, as portrayed in American fiction it is conspicuous for dullness alone. Drab persons living drab lives, observed by drab minds and reported in drab writing ...”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)
“If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.”
—William Gass (b. 1924)