Ivan Goncharov

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1812. June 18.
  • Place of birth: Simbirsk, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812–1891) was a Russian novelist best known for his novels 'The Same Old Story' (1847), 'Oblomov' (1859), and 'The Precipice' (1869, also translated as 'Malinovka Heights'). He also worked as a literary and theatre critic. Towards the end of his life Goncharov wrote ...

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