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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Voronezh, Russia. He came from a family of serf owners which was financially ruined following emancipation. He was educated at a public school in Yelets before continuing his studies at home. After working as a government clerk in Kharkov, he became assistant editor of the newspaper ORLOVSKIY VESTNIK.
Bunin published both poetry and prose, but he is most famous for his prose works. His first book, STIHOTVORENIYA, was published when he was 21. Short stories such as ON THE FARM and TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD earned his reputation as a writer. He was the first Russian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Ivan Bunin died in Paris, France in 1953.
CHRONOLOGY
1870 He was born in Voronezh, Russia. (October 10)
1881 He entered school in Yelets.
1889 He became a government clerk in Kharkov.
1891 STIHOTVORENIYA
1898 POD OTKRYTYM NEBOM; NA KRAI SVETA
1900 ANTONOVSKIYE JABLOKI
1901 LISTOPAD
1903 He was awarded the Pushkin Prize.
1909 He was elected to the Russian Academy of Science.
1910 DEREVNIA (THE VILLAGE)
1912 SUKHODOL (DRY VALLEY)
1914 BRATJA; TSHALA ZHIZHI
1915 POLNOE SOBRANIE SOCHINENY
1917 He moved to Paris.
1922 GOZPODIN IZ SAN-FRANCISCO (THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO)
1923 FIFTEEN TALES; THE DREAMS OF CHANG
1924 ROZA IERIXONA (JERICHO ROSE)
1925 MITINA LUBOV (MITYA'S LOVE); OKAYANNYE DNI (THE ACCURSED DAYS)
1927 SOLNECHNY UDAR (A SUNSTROKE)
1929 LIKA
1933 ZHIZN ARSEN'EVA: U ISTOKA DNEJ (THE LIFE OF ARSENYEV); He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1934 GRAMMAR OF LOVE
1935 THE ELAGHIN AFFAIR
1936 SOBRANIE SPCHINENY
1937 OSVOBOZHDENIYE TOLSTOGO
1946 TYOMNUYYE ALLEI (SHADOWED PATHS)
1949 DARK AVENUES AND OTHER STORIES
1950 VOSPOMINANIYA (MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS)
1953 He died in Paris, France. (November 8)
1955 O CHEKHOVE
1964 THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND OTHER STORIES
1965 SOBRANIE SOCHINENY
1966 MODERN RUSSIAN POETRY
1970 VELGA; IZBRANNOE
1973 STIKHOTVORENIA, RAZZKAZY, POVESTI
1977 POD SERPOM I MOLOTOM
1978 POSLEDNEE SVIDANIE
1982 IN A FAR DISTANT LAND
1984 LONG AGO: FOURTEEN STORIES
1989 LIGHT BREATHING AND OTHER STORIES
1998 CURSED DAYS: A DIARY OF REVOLUTION
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