In fact, Turgenev’s biography is short. All life has been lived for one purpose and one love.
Childhood is the beginning of the journey
Ivan Turgenev. The biography of the classic of Russian literature begins in the family of the landowner and nobleman in 1818, on October 28. In the nineteenth century, it was customary in landowner and noble families to educate their children at home. For this, tutors and teachers were hired, and the parents themselves were highly educated and engaged with their offspring. Vanya Turgenev was no exception, and that is why by the age of 14 a boy who knew three foreign languages well could easily enter Moscow University.
Turgenev’s biography is short, so we stop at important stages. The writer completed his education in the summer of 1837, but already in St. Petersburg at the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Literature. The change of university was associated with the relocation of the entire Turgenev family to a city on the Neva.
Adolescence. Turgenev's biography (short)
The beginning of the writer's creative career is the drama The Wall, written in 1834. The drama was printed by Professor Pletnev, Pushkin’s mentor, noting a spark of talent in the work of the young Turgenev.
After graduation, in the spring of 1838, the writer travels to Germany to continue his education at the University of Berlin at the faculty of modern philosophy. After returning to Russia, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, whose brief biography characterizes him as a very talented writer, where already in 1841-1842 he was ready to pass the exam for the position of professor of philosophy. But at this point, all departments of philosophy in the country, according to the decree of the king, are closed. Then, in the biography of Turgenev, one can note a short period devoted to service in the Ministry of the Interior. However, realizing that it is not in his power to change anything in the difficult life of the peasants, he decides to resign.
From that moment on, Turgenev’s whole life was devoted to literature. Belinsky helps him decide in the direction of his creative path. The poem Parasha, filled with realism, comes out. After the first test, novels, stories, essays, and theatrical plays are born under the pen of the writer.
Love of life
Changes in Turgenev’s personal life begin in 1843 after meeting Pauline Viardot, a French singer who was touring in St. Petersburg at that time. Turgenev is in love and follows the subject of his passion step by step. This article presents a biography of Turgenev (short), therefore, we will briefly describe what exactly is why he goes to live abroad. Longing for his homeland splashes out in his works, a vivid example is “Notes of a hunter”. After the release of “notes”, Turgenev fell in popularity, he is especially famous among people with advanced views.
In 1852, N.V. dies in Moscow. Gogol, and Turgenev writes in connection with this obituary. Censorship is trying to ban publication, but Turgenev gives it to the newspapers. After such a step, the government prohibits Turgenev from leaving the family estate. At this time, in the Oryol province, Turgenev wrote several works that became classics, including Mu-Mu. The link continues until 1856, after which Turgenev again leaves for Europe.
He will come to his homeland once more for a very short time, in 1858. Here the wonderful novels Asya, Noble Nest, Fathers and Sons will be released.
For the rest of his life, the Russian writer will spend with Pauline Viardot first in Baden-Baden, and then in Paris, where he will die from spinal cancer in 1883, on August 22. Turgenev was buried in St. Petersburg, according to his will.