Evgeny Zamyatin

Born February 20, 1884· Lebedyan, Lipetsk oblast, USSR (Russia)

† Died March 10, 1937

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Emerging from a clerical family in Lebedyan, he pursued engineering studies for the Imperial Russian Navy in Saint Petersburg, where his early break with Christianity coincided with a turn toward Marxism and Bolshevik activism. His literary debut arrived with the satirical novella A Provincial Tale (1913), followed by the controversial story Na Kulichkakh, which led to a trial and acquittal. The 1… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources