Ivan Bunin
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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1933
Born: 22 October 1870, Voronezh, Russia
Died: 8 November 1953, Paris, France
Prize motivation: "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing."
Language: Russian
Prize share: 1/1
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