Ehrenburg

American  

[er-uhn-burg, -boorg, e-ryin-boork] / ˈɛr ənˌbɜrg, -ˌbʊərg, ɛ ryɪnˈburk /

noun

1. Ilya Grigorievich 1891–1967, Russian novelist and journalist.

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Ehrenburg British  

/ ˈɛərənˌbɜːɡ, erɪnˈburk /

noun

1. Ilya Grigorievich (iljˈja ɡriˈɡɔrjɪvitʃ). 1891–1967, Soviet novelist and journalist. His novel The Thaw (1954) was the first published in the Soviet Union to deal with repression under Stalin

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Example Sentences

Ilya Ehrenburg, the Soviet writer and propagandist who was considered in Germany to be an inflammatory agitator, emerges in a more nuanced light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenburg once wrote that war comes very early to the theatre.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2019

Long-suppressed eyewitness accounts of local collaboration compiled at the conclusion of the war by Soviet Jewish journalists Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman were declassified and published.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2015

World figures such as Bertrand Russell, Simone de Beauvoir and Ilya Ehrenburg put their names to the campaign.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2013

As I stood a short time since on the walls, I saw coming up the river the banners of the Knight of Ehrenburg.

From The Strong Arm by Barr, Robert