Isaac Babel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Isaac Babel

Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1894

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1940

Profession: screenwriter, writer, military personnel, war correspondent, playwright, translator, contributing editor, journalist, film director, prosaist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Isaac Babel

Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (Russian: ????? ???????????? ??????, IPA: ['bab??l?]; 13 July [O.S.
1 July] 1894 – 27 January 1940) was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator.
He is best known as the author of Red Cavalry, Story of My Dovecote and The Odessa Tales—stories from the life of Jewish gangsters from Odessa led by Benya Krik (prototype – Mishka Yaponchik).
He 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.

Isaac Babel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

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