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Isaac Babel

Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel 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.

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Books14

Red Cavalry

Red Cavalry

2023
Of Sunshine and Bedbugs

Of Sunshine and Bedbugs

2022
Sogur fra Sovetrikjunum

Sogur fra Sovetrikjunum

2020

with Maxim Gorky, Tatyana Tolstaya, Daniil Kharms and Teffi

The Complete Works of Isaac Babel

The Complete Works of Isaac Babel

2001

with Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine and Cynthia Ozick

The Lonely Years: 1925-1939: Unpublished Stories and Correspondence

The Lonely Years: 1925-1939: Unpublished Stories and Correspondence

1995
Odessa Stories

Odessa Stories

1931
Odesskie rasskazy

Odesskie rasskazy

1931
Contos de Odessa

Contos de Odessa

1931
Zgodbe iz Odese

Zgodbe iz Odese

1931
L'armata a cavallo

L'armata a cavallo

1926
Armata de cavalerie. Povestiri din Odesa

Armata de cavalerie. Povestiri din Odesa

1926
Babel: Red Cavalry

Babel: Red Cavalry

1926

with Christopher Luck and C. Luck

O Exercito de Cavalaria

O Exercito de Cavalaria

1926
Konarmia

Konarmia

1926

Collections2

Collected Stories

Collected Stories

1957
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel

The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel

1957