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Isaak Babel(1894-1940)

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Isaak Babel
Isaak Babel was born on 30 June 1894 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Wandering Stars (1927), Jimmie Higgins (1928) and Jewish Luck (1925). He was married to Yevgenia Gronfein. He died on 27 January 1940 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
BornJune 30, 1894
DiedJanuary 27, 1940(45)
BornJune 30, 1894
DiedJanuary 27, 1940(45)
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Isaak Babel, Grigori Gritscher-Tscherikower, Fridrikh Verigo-Darovsky, I. Dubravim, and Raisa Rami-Shor in Wandering Stars (1927)
Wandering Stars
  • Writer
  • 1927
Jimmie Higgins (1928)
Jimmie Higgins
  • Writer
  • 1928
Solomon Mikhoels in Jewish Luck (1925)
Jewish Luck
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1925
Kitayskaya melnitsa (1928)
Kitayskaya melnitsa
  • Writer
  • 1928

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  • Warren Cockrell and Nahar River in Marie, my first (2021)
    Marie, my first
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2021
  • The Edge
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    • 1998
  • Zakat (1990)
    Zakat
    5.6
    • books
    • 1990
  • Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse (1989)
    Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse
    6.0
    • stories Odesskie rasskazy
    • 1989
  • Bindyuzhnik i korol (1989)
    Bindyuzhnik i korol
    6.1
    • books "Odesskie rasskazy" and "Zakat"
    • 1989
  • Alkony
    TV Movie
    • Writer (as Babel)
    • 1985
  • TV teatar (1956)
    TV teatar
    6.5
    TV Series
    • by
    • 1968–1983
  • Eliya Isaakovich i Margarita Prokofyevna
    Short
    • short story
    • 1981
  • Marie
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1980
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965)
    BBC Play of the Month
    6.8
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1979
  • Marija
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • Konarmiya (1975)
    Konarmiya
    TV Movie
    • story
    • 1975
  • Predgovor
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1972
  • Hrích boha
    5.1
    Short
    • novel
    • 1970
  • Marija
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1969

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    • Official website of the Author's heir in English and Russian
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  • Alternative names
    • I. Babel
  • Born
    • June 30, 1894
    • Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
  • Died
    • January 27, 1940
    • Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia](execution by gunshot)
  • Spouse
    • Yevgenia GronfeinAugust 9, 1919 - January 15, 1940 (his death, 1 child)
  • Relatives
    • Andrei Malaev-Babel(Grandchild)
  • Other works
    His play, "Marya," was performed at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Robert Demeger, Allan Corduner, Matthew Marsh, Julie Legrand, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Geoffrey Bayldon, Iain Mitchell, Sheila Burrell, and Dave Hill in the cast.
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    Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer. Executed on orders by Joseph Stalin during the Great Purge.

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