Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev (1923)

Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin^[1] (Russian: Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, IPA: [jɪvˈgʲenʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ zʌˈmʲætʲɪn]) (February 1, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian author, most famous for his 1921 novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Image File history File links Kustodiev_Zamyatin. ... Image File history File links Kustodiev_Zamyatin. ... Self-Portrait in front of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra, 1912 Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (Russian: ) (March 7, 1878–May 28, 1927) was a Russian art deco painter. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... We (Russian: )[1] is a dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin completed in 1921. ... A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος, alternatively, cacotopia[1], kakotopia or anti-utopia) is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... This article is about the Orwell novel. ... Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. ... Brave New World is a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1932. ...

Zamyatin also wrote a number of short stories, in fairy tale form, that constituted satirical criticism of the Communist regime in Russia such as in a story about a city where the mayor decides that to make everyone happy he should make everyone equal. He starts by forcing every one, himself included, to live in a big barrack, then to shave heads to be equal to the bald, and then to become mentally disabled to equate intelligence downward. This plot is very similar to that of The New Utopia (1891) by Jerome K. Jerome whose collected works were published three times in Russia before 1917. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ...

Zamyatin was born in Lebedyan, two hundred miles south of Moscow. His father was a Russian Orthodox priest and schoolmaster and his mother a musician. He studied naval engineering in St. Petersburg from 1902 until 1908 during which time he joined the Bolsheviks. He was arrested during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and exiled, but returned to St. Petersburg where he lived illegally before moving to Finland in 1906 to finish his studies. Returning to Russia he began to write fiction as a hobby. He was arrested and exiled a second time in 1911 but amnestied in 1913. His Ujezdnoje (A Provincial Tale) in 1913, which satirized life in a small Russian town, brought him a degree of fame. The next year he was tried for maligning the military in his story Na Kulichkakh. He continued to contribute articles to various socialist newspapers. Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Look up Amnesty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ...

After graduating as a naval engineer, he worked professionally at home and abroad. In 1916 he was sent to England to supervise the construction of icebreakers at the shipyards in Walker and Wallsend while living in Newcastle upon Tyne. He wrote The Islanders satirizing English life, and its pendant A Fisher of Men, both published after his return to Russia in late 1917. 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Icebreaker Polarstern Track of research vessel Polarstern while breaking ice in the Southern Ocean An icebreaker is a special purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. ... Walker is a residential suburb just east of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. ... Wallsend is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...

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Zamyatin supported the October Revolution but opposed the system of censorship under the Bolsheviks. His works were increasingly critical of the regime. He boldly stated: "True literature can only exist when it is created, not by diligent and reliable officials, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics". This attitude caused his position to become increasingly difficult as the 1920s wore on. Ultimately, his works were banned and he wasn't permitted to publish, particularly after the publication of We in a Russian emigré journal in 1927. For other uses, see October Revolution (disambiguation). ... Censorship is the removal and withholding of information from the public by a controlling group or body. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... We (Russian: )[1] is a dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin completed in 1921. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Zamyatin was eventually given permission to leave Russia by Stalin in 1931, after the intercession of Gorky. He settled, impoverished, in Paris with his wife, where he died of a heart attack in 1937. During his time in France, he notably worked with Jean Renoir, co-writing the script of his film Les Bas-fonds. “Stalin” redirects here. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868–June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979), born in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France was a film director. ... The Lower Depths is the English title of Les bas-fonds, a 1936 film by French film director Jean Renoir. ...

He is buried in Thiais, just south of Paris. The cemetery of his final resting place is on Rue de Stalingrad. Thiais is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. ... Stalingrad is the former name of two cities: Volgograd, Russia Karviná-Nové Město, near Ostrava, Czech Republic Other uses: The Battle of Stalingrad (a major turning-point of World War II and arguably the bloodiest battle in human history) Stalingrad (German film set during the above battle) Stalingrad...

Notes

1. ^ His last name is often transliterated as Zamiatin or Zamjatin. His first name is sometimes translated as Eugene.

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References

• Fischer, Peter A. (Autumn 1971). "Review of The Life and Works of Evgenij Zamjatin by Alex M. Shane". Slavic and East European Journal 15 (3): 388-390. 
• Myers, Alan (1993). "Zamiatin in Newcastle: The Green Wall and The Pink Ticket". The Slavonic and East European review 71 (3): 417-427. 
• Shane, Alex M. (1968). The life and works of Evgenij Zamjatin. University of California Press. 
• Zamyatin, Yevgeny (1994). A Soviet heretic : essays, Mirra Ginsburg (editor and translator), Quartet Books Ltd. 

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External links

• Biography of Yevgeny Zamyatin
• Biography from a website on George Orwell.
• Encyclopedia of Soviet Writers biography of Yevgeny Zamyatin
• Yevgeny Zamyatin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Lion complete text of the short story by Zamyatin. (1935)
• Zamyatin in Newcastle updates articles by Alan Myers published in Slavonic and East European Review.
• Review of We
• Review of We by Priya Jain
• The "twists and turns" of Yevgeny Zamiatin's Life brief, illustrated biography by Tatyana Kukushkina
• Collected works (Russian) including his Autobiography (1929) and Letter to Stalin (1931)
• Wall Street Journal Review of We
• Yevgeny Zamyatin Spartacus Educational website by John Simkin