Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Yevgeny Zamyatin was a Russian writer best known for his dystopian novel "We," which powerfully critiqued totalitarianism and influenced later works like George Orwell's "1984."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1884-02-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1937-03-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Russian Navy
NERFINISHED
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shipyards in England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russians ⓘ |
| familyName | Zamyatin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literature
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naval engineering ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWe | 1924 (English translation) ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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satire ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Yevgeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aldous Huxley
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George Orwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Vonnegut NERFINISHED ⓘ dystopian literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork |
Brave New World
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Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
Russian avant-garde
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modernism ⓘ |
| name | Yevgeny Zamyatin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Евгений Замятин NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
critique of censorship
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critique of totalitarianism ⓘ defense of artistic freedom ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Provincial Tale
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The Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ The Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ We NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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writer ⓘ |
| opposed |
Soviet censorship
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totalitarianism ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWe | Russian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lebedyan
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Russian Empire ⓘ Tambov Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | Bolshevism ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| settingOfWe | OneState NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lydia Zamyatina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasExiledTo | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workBannedIn | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
A Provincial Tale
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The Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ The Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ We NERFINISHED ⓘ essays ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
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