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Who Was Zamyatin?

Zamyatin was a Russian writer. He lived from 1884 to 1938, during the upheaval at the beginning of the Soviet Union. While his work is not well known since he was unable to publish most of it due to the censorship in Russia at the time, he was a very influential writer. Firstly he was a leader of the literary resistance under Stalin and inspired a lot of other writers. Secondly he was the father of modern dystopia and his novel WE inspired Orwell's 1984, Huxley's BRAVE NEW WORLD and they the later modern dystopias

Brief Biography:

He was born in the province of Lebedyan in 1884 and was raised on the works of the great Russian romantics including Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Pushkin and others. He grew up under the rule of the last Russian Tsar, and in reaction against the oppression and more importantly censorship of Tsarist rule, he became an active bolshevik revolutionary. When the revolution came, however, it brought no end to the censorship, and so he became a leader of the literary resistance. After repeated clashes with the government he reached the point that he was completely unable to publish anything. He went into voluntary exile in 1932 and lived in Paris until his death in 1937.

A Brief Description of His Work

His works have beautifully crafted and poetic prose, rich in the styles of Russian folk-tales. He wrote many short stories as well as plays and novels. He was adept at using satire, sarcasm and irony to create vivid and poignant tableaus of Russian life. Although Zamyatin's works are almost completely unknown due to the censorship he suffered he remains a very important and influential writer.

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