Ivan Bunin 
Ivan Bunin. Anthology of short stories. Illustrated 
The Grammar of Love, The Gentelman from San Fransico, Gentle Breathing, Son, An Unknown Friend. Nobel Prize 1933

Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing.’ Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing.
His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary.
Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.

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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (22 October 1870 – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded 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.