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Isaak Babel

Isaak Babel

1894–1940

Nationality
Russian Empire
Occupation
translator

Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (13 July [O.S.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Lubyanka Building
    Dates unknown

Biography

Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (13 July [O.S. 30 June] 1894 – 27 January 1940) was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of Red Cavalry and Odessa Stories, and has been acclaimed as "the greatest prose writer of Russian Jewry". Babel was arrested by the NKVD on 15 May 1939 on fabricated charges of terrorism and espionage, and executed on 27 January 1940.

Related people

Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.

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