Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель; 13 July) was a Russian 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.
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Translations into English, Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Social life and customs, Babel, i. (isaak), 1894-1941, Antisemitism, Fiction, general, Manners and customs, Slavic philology, American Civil War, Authorship, Babelʹ, I. -- 1894-1940 -- Correspondence, Babelʹ, I. -- 1894-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation, Babelʹ, I. -- 1894-1940 -- Translations into English, Biographies, Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Confederate States of America, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation, Document, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, war & militaryPlaces
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