Zamyatin

British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

The hero, D-503, resembles Zamyatin himself, looking back at life as if in a funhouse mirror.

From Economist • May 31, 2018

In the first category, you’ll find “The Night Manager,” by le Carré; “A Natural,” by Ross Raisin; “The Balkan Trilogy,” by Olivia Manning; “Counternarratives,” by John Keene; and “We,” by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2017

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