Isaac Babel
Isaac Babel · Arts & Literature
Russian short-story writer ('Red Cavalry', 'Odessa Tales')
1894, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1940, Moscow, Soviet Union
Russian Empire · Soviet Union · Ukraine
Isaac Babel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Russian short-story writer ('Red Cavalry', 'Odessa Tales')
Babel was a Russian Jewish short-story writer and playwright, celebrated for Red Cavalry and the Odessa Tales, which drew on his Jewish upbringing in Odessa. A master of terse, vivid prose, he was arrested during Stalin's purges and executed in 1940. He was Jewish, raised in the Jewish community of Odessa.
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Russian short-story writer ('Red Cavalry', 'Odessa Tales')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
