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Ivan Bunin

Born

in Voronezh, Russian Federation

October 22, 1870

Died

November 08, 1953

Genre

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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (Russian: Иван Алексеевич Бунин) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is considered to be one of the richest in the language.

Best known for his short novels The Village (1910) and Dry Valley (1912), his autobiographical novel The Life of Arseniev (1933, 1939), the book of short stories Dark Avenues (1946) and his 1917–1918 diary ( Cursed Days, 1926), Bunin was a revered figure among anti-communist White emigres, European critics, and many of his fellow writers, who viewed him ...more

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	Тёмные аллеи by Ivan Bunin, Иван Алексеевич Бунин 4.13 avg rating — 6,061 ratings — published 1943 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories by Ivan Bunin, D.J. Richards (Translator ), Sophie Lund (Translator ) 3.99 avg rating — 1,995 ratings — published 1922 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cursed Days: Diary of a Revolution 4.19 avg rating — 1,467 ratings — published 1935 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Господин из Сан-Франциско by Ivan Bunin, Иван Алексеевич Бунин 3.67 avg rating — 1,391 ratings — published 1915 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Легкое Дыхание by Ivan Bunin, Иван Алексеевич Бунин 4.03 avg rating — 888 ratings — published 1916 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Stories by Ivan Bunin, Graham Hettlinger (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 705 ratings — published 1978 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Arseniev: Youth by Ivan Bunin, Andrew Baruch Wachtel (Editor), Gleb Struve (Translation) 3.88 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 1927 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunstroke: Selected Stories by Ivan Bunin, Graham Hettlinger (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 1925 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Митина любовь by Ivan Bunin, Иван Алексеевич Бунин 3.68 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 1925 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Village by Ivan Bunin, Hugh Aplin (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 1910 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Words are one thing, deeds are quite another.”
― Ivan Bunin

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“Человека делают счастливым 3 вещи: любовь, интересная работа и возможность путешествовать.”
― Иван Бунин

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“And the years came and went, the decades. But now it's no longer possible to put it off any more: either now or never. The one final opportunity must be taken, for the hour is late and nobody will come upon me.”
― Ivan Bunin

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August 2025 - Short Story/Novella Poll

Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell

33 votes, 22.1%

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

32 votes, 21.5%

A River Runs through It Title Story by Norman Maclean

21 votes, 14.1%

The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

17 votes, 11.4%

The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction of Mary Shelley Title Story by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

16 votes, 10.7%

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

12 votes, 8.1%

A Jury Of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

10 votes, 6.7%

The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories title story by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin

4 votes, 2.7%

The Judgment of Vulcan by Lee Foster Hartman found in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920

3 votes, 2.0%

Each in His Generation by Maxwell Struthers Burt found in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920

1 vote, 0.7%

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