Yevgeny Zamyatin

Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (1884-1937) was a Russian author, engineer, and dissident whose work anticipated the great dystopian literature of the twentieth century. Trained as a naval engineer at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, Zamyatin was arrested twice for his involvement with the Bolsheviks before the 1917 Revolution. He spent time in England supervising the construction of icebreakers during World War I, an experience that informed his satirical novella Islanders. After the Revolution, he initially supported the new regime but quickly became disillusioned with its suppression of artistic freedom. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by We.