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Isaak Babel
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Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940)
Isaak Babel was a Russian writer, journalist, and playwright from 1894 to 1940 who became known for his powerful short stories and literary translations. He matters because he was an influential voice in early 20th-century Russian literature, though his life ended during Stalin's political purges, making him a notable casualty of that era.
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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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 16
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Low-cost adsorbents for heavy metals uptake from contaminated water: a review
· 2003 · cited 2,778x
- The<i>Herschel</i>-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance
· 2010 · cited 1,863x
- Physico–chemical treatment techniques for wastewater laden with heavy metals
· 2006 · cited 1,722x
- Electron Transport Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
· 2004 · cited 1,541x
- Cr(VI) removal from synthetic wastewater using coconut shell charcoal and commercial activated carbon modified with oxidizing agents and/or chitosan
· 2004 · cited 763x
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Wikidata facts
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- name in native language
- Исаак Эммануилович Бабель
- Commons category
- Isaac Babel
- date of death
- 1940-01-27
- Commons gallery
- Исаак Эммануилович Бабель
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- date of birth
- 1894-07-01
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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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Article
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