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Initially he wrote journalism and poetry, then prose, especially short stories. He emigrated from Russia in 1919, eventually settling in Paris.

He published his first poem in 1887 in one of St. Petersburg's literary magazines. His first collection of poems, "Listopad", appeared in 1901 and was warmly welcomed by critics. Besides writing poems, Bunin was a well-known translator. The most famous of his works in the field of translation is LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow ( February 27, 1807 March 24, 1882) was an American poet who wrote many poems that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline''. He lived for most of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry was the's " The Song of HiawathaThe Song of Hiawatha is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based on the legends of the Ojibway Indians. Longfellow credited as his source the work of pioneering ethnographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, specifically Schoolcraft's Algic Researches and H" for which Bunin was awarded the Pushkin PrizeThe Pushkin Prize was established in 1881 by Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest Russian poets Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). The prize was awarded to Russian and, after 1917, Soviet authors who achieved the highest standard of litera in 1903.