Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937) was a Russian author of science fiction and political satire and one of the first Soviet dissidents. He also translated work by writers such as H. G. Wells and Jack London. After his novel appeared in the West he was blacklisted from publishing in the Soviet Union and, in 1931, he was exiled to Paris where he died in poverty. We was not published in Zamyatin's home country until 1988.
