Biography of turgenieff

Personal

Born November 9, 1818, in Orel Province, Russia; died of cancer of the spine September 3, 1883, in Bougival, France; son of Sergei Nikolaievich (a military officer) and Varvara Petrovna (Lutovinova) Turgenev; children: Pelageia (with Avdotya Ivanov).

Education: Attended University of Moscow, c. 1834; University of St. Petersburg, graduated, 1837; attended University of Berlin, 1838-41. Religion: Russian Orthodox.

Career

Novelist and dramatist. Russian Ministry of Interior Affairs, Moscow, Russia, member of staff, 1843-45.

Biography of turgenieff

International Literary Congress, Paris, France, vice president, 1878.

Member

Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences (corresponding member).

Awards, Honors

Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, Oxford University, 1979.

Writings

Parasha.

Rasskaz v stinkhakh, [St. Petersburg, Russia], 1843.

The Plays of Ivan Turgenev (originally published in Otechestvennye zapiski; includes Neostorozhonost, 1843, translated as Carelessness; Bezde