Yevgeny zamyatin biography of rory

Russian writer.

Yevgeny Zamyatin wrote dystopian works and is best known for We (1920–1921), which significantly influenced such writers as George Orwell and Aldous Huxley.

His portrayal of totalitarian psychology inspired the brothers Strugatsky to write philosophically charged science-fiction novels in a similar anti-utopian vein. Zamyatin's style exemplifies the ornamental mode of writing; it promotes skaz (free indirect discourse), which relies on spoken language.

Zamyatin was born in Tambov province on 1 February 1884 to a schoolteacher father and a musician mother.

He completed his schooling in Voronezh and studied naval engineering in St. Petersburg's Polytechnic Institute (1902–1908).

Yevgeny zamyatin biography of rory

During his years of study, he visited many cities (including Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Salonika), became a Bolshevik, and was arrested for political activity (1906). He graduated in 1908 and worked as a naval engineer from 1908 to 1911.

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