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Which early poem first brought Ivan Turgenev literary attention?
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Ivan Turgenev
Russian writer Ivan Turgenev.
The first work by Ivan Turgenev to attract significant literary attention was the long poem Parasha, published in 1843.1
While Turgenev had previously composed derivative verse and a poetic drama titled Steno (1834), it was the publication of Parasha that led the influential critic Vissarion Belinsky to recognize his potential and become his mentor.1