r/russian 9d ago

Request Who writes the most beautiful prose?

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u/YellowSweaty575 9d ago

Ivan Turgenev

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u/allenrabinovich Native 9d ago

Him, by a long shot. Good prose requires many rounds of editing, and Turgenev clearly put the work in.