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Zamyatin

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/ zaˈmjatjin /

noun

  1. Yevgenii Ivanovich (jɪvˈɡjenij ɪˈvanəvitʃ). 1884–1937, Russian novelist and writer, in Paris from 1931, whose works include satirical studies of provincial life in Russia and England, where he worked during World War I, and the dystopian novel We (1924)

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"But I can say that it was him," Zamyatin told the court.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2025

The book is a work of raucous fabulation, which owes more to Bulgakov and Zamyatin than it does to Solzhenitsyn.

From New York Times May 24, 2022

Little-known today, Zamyatin influenced some of the most celebrated authors of the 20th century.

From Economist May 31, 2018

And Zamyatin and Huxley had plenty of followers who were worried about their own eras, and projecting the dooms that might follow.

From The Verge Jul. 19, 2016

Zamyatin was describing music as yet to be created – although it sounds uncannily like Philip Glass's to me.

From The Guardian May 10, 2013

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