Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was a Russian writer. He became the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1933. 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. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1933, announced November 9, 1933. Ivan Bunin, “for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing”. Ivan Bunin: born 1870, Voronezh, Russia. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).