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Also known as Isaac Babel, Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel

Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940)

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Isaak Babel was a writer whose professional career began in 1921. He died on 27 January 1940. His birth date is recorded with varying dates in 1894, including 13 July, 30 June, 12 July, and 1 July.

Among his notable works are *Одесские рассказы. Конармия*, *Twice-Told Tales*, *Happy Endings*, and *Cavalerie rouge*. The collection *Isaac Babel's Selected Writings* is also listed among his top works. Records indicate he has 78 works associated with his name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
13 July 1984
Died
27 January 1940
Works
78

Top works

  • Одесские рассказы. Конармия
  • Twice-Told Tales
  • Happy Endings
  • Cavalerie rouge
  • Isaac Babel's Selected Writings

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9
Total plays
16

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Babel
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Odesa
Place of death
Butyrka prison
Languages spoken
French
Notable work
Red Cavalry
Image
Isaac Babel.jpg
Significant event
Nazi book burnings
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name in native language
Исаак Эммануилович Бабель
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine
topic's main category
Category:Isaac Babel
Commons category
Isaac Babel
date of death
1940-01-27
Commons gallery
Исаак Эммануилович Бабель
place of burial
Donskoe cemetery
cause of death
gunshot wound
start of work period
1921-00-00
writing language
Russian
place of detention
Lubyanka Building
manner of death
capital punishment
date of birth
1894-07-01
Sources (4)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Isaak Babel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early years

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