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

Ilya Ehrenburg’s novel, “The Thaw,” was published in 1954.

From Washington Post

The letter’s power was twofold: It would have made accepting the Germans’ offer unthinkable to any “Ivan,” and it expressed Ehrenburg’s mantra on disdain in the lexicon of a war of extermination.

From Slate

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

From The Guardian

Ehrenburg, a former police officer, said the officers “betrayed their oath” and brought dishonor to the department.

From Seattle Times