Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev was born on November 9, 1818. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. His first major publication, a short story collection titled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.