The article analyzes three autobiographies, that were written to order by Bunin in 1921, 1934 and 1952 and that were printed at the beginning of the collections of stories and Collected works, published in emigration. There Bunin describes himself as a antirevolutionary emigrant and as an acknowledged and actively publishing writer in emigration. At the same time he thinks over those elements depending on the time and addresses, giving his personality a different touch.