Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We inspired Orwell and influenced the Western imagination
- Written by: Sheila Fitzpatrick, Professor of History at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Wassily Kandinsky – Composition 8 (1923).Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThis year is the centenary of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We – a major influence on George Orwell’s dystopia 1984, as well as an important early contribution to the burgeoning genre of science fiction.
We and 1984 (published...