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Yevgeny Zamyatin

Born

in Lebedian, Russian Federation

February 01, 1884

Died

March 10, 1937

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Political Satire

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Yevgeny Zamyatin (Russian: Евгений Замятин, sometimes also seen spelled Eugene Zamiatin) Russian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist, whose famous anti-utopia (1924, We) prefigured Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932), and inspired George Orwell's 1984 (1949). The book was considered a "malicious slander on socialism" in the Soviet Union, and it was not until 1988 when Zamyatin was rehabilitated. In the English-speaking world We has appeared in several translations.

"And then, just the way it was this morning in the hangar, I saw again, as though right then for the first time in my life, I saw everything: the unalterably straight streets, the sparkling glass of the sidewalks, the divine parallelepipeds of the transparent ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 118,621 ratings · 10,126 reviews · 303 distinct works • Similar authors

	We 3.88 avg rating — 116,369 ratings — published 1924 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La inundación by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Marta Rebón (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 1929 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	О дивный новый мир [антология антиутопий] by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell 4.32 avg rating — 317 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragon: Fifteen Stories by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Mirra Ginsburg (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 1968 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Мы [Школьная библиотека] 4.17 avg rating — 246 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Пещера by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Евгений Иванович Замятин 4.03 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1920 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Мы. Романы, повести, рассказы, сказки 4.38 avg rating — 145 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A God-forsaken Hole 3.58 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1914 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Бич Божий by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Евгений Иванович Замятин 3.50 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Islanders & The Fisher of Men by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Евгений Иванович Замятин 3.56 avg rating — 87 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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May 2026 New School Classics Poll

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 1987, 401 pages

38 votes, 29.2%

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924, 256 pages

26 votes, 20.0%

In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck 1936, 304 pages

21 votes, 16.2%

The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd 2004, 213 pages

11 votes, 8.5%

One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes 1947, 192 pages

11 votes, 8.5%

The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas 1957, 234 pages

8 votes, 6.2%

Time and Again by Jack Finney 1970, 400 pages

8 votes, 6.2%

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer 1963, 240 pages

7 votes, 5.4%

130 total votes

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