Bunin

[ boo-nyin ]

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noun

I·van A·le·kse·e·vich [ee-, vahn, uh-lyi-, ksye, -yi-vyich], 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.

Bunin

/ ˈbunin /

BuninIvan Alekseyevich18701953MRussianWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet Ivan Alekseyevich (iˈvan alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1870–1953, Russian novelist and poet; author of The Gentleman from San Francisco (1922)

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They were also called Bunin-jima (corrupted by foreigners into Bonin) because of their being without (bu) inhabitants (nin).

“What are you saying—Bunin is my age”—he would assure one with mock seriousness.

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