Ivan Bunin

Russian author (1870–1953)

Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( BOO-neen or BOO-nin; Russian: Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, IPA: [ɪˈvan‿əlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ‿ˈbunʲɪn] ; 22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1870 – 8 November 1953) was a Russian writer. He became the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1933. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry.

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