Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев; ; November 9 1818 – September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short-story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
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—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)