Turgenev

American  

[tur-gen-yuhf, -geyn-, toor-gye-nyif] / tɜrˈgɛn yəf, -ˈgeɪn-, turˈgyɛ nyɪf /

Or Turgeniev

noun

1. Ivan Sergeevich 1818–83, Russian novelist.

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Turgenev British  

/ turˈɡjenɪf /

noun

1. Ivan Sergeyevich (iˈvan sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1818–83, Russian novelist and dramatist. In A Sportsman's Sketches (1852) he pleaded for the abolition of serfdom. His novels, such as Rudin (1856) and Fathers and Sons (1862), are noted for their portrayal of country life and of the Russian intelligentsia. His plays include A Month in the Country (1850)

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Example Sentences

Yet for all the emotional truth in these characters, from Turgenev and Ostrovsky to Chekhov, the sentence for those who stray is harsh.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

It’s the nation, for God’s sake, that gave birth to Gogol and Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, Turgenev and Baryshnikov and Stravinsky and Makarova.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022

While most such guides offer only excerpts from the good writing you’re shooting for, Saunders includes the full text of seven short stories by four Russian authors: Turgenev, Chekhov, Tolstoy and Gogol.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2021

Gustav Flaubert wrote in a letter to Turgenev, responding to the love object in the novella.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2020

The writer Ivan Turgenev described him as an intelligent, queer, and sickly creature.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri