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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 · 114,367 ratings · 9,500 reviews · 315 distinct works • Similar authors

	We 3.88 avg rating — 111,826 ratings — published 1924 — 85 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 4.31 avg rating — 315 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
	La inundación by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Marta Rebón (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1929 — 18 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) 3.64 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1968 — 17 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 — 241 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
	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
	Пещера by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Евгений Иванович Замятин 4.05 avg rating — 152 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
	WE, Yevgeny Zamyatin And A modern Utopia, H. G. Wells (2 Books) by Yevgeny Zamyatin, H.G. Wells 3.80 avg rating — 143 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
	Бич Божий by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Евгений Иванович Замятин 3.50 avg rating — 105 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
	A God-forsaken Hole 3.59 avg rating — 101 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

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