Yevgeny Zamyatin Quotes


The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. (“A Story About The Most Important Thing”)


Citations

Zamyatin, Yevgeny. "A Story About the Most Important Thing." The Dragon: Fifteen Stories, translated by Mirra Ginsburg, Random House, 1966, p. 132.

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Yevgeny Zamyatin
Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • Born: February 1, 1884
  • Died: March 10, 1937
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Novelist, Journalist

Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin, sometimes anglicized as Eugene Zamyatin, was a Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism, and political satire.