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Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (Russian: Илья́ Григо́рьевич Эренбу́рг, pronounced [ɪˈlʲja ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvɪtɕ ɪrʲɪnˈburk] ⓘ; January 26 [ O.S. January 14] 1891 – August 31, 1967) was a Soviet writer, revolutionary, journalist and historian. Ehrenburg was among the most prolific and notable authors of the ...
Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (born Jan. 15 [Jan. 27, New Style], 1891, Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died Aug. 31, 1967, Moscow) was a prolific writer and journalist, one of the most effective Soviet spokesmen to the Western world. Born into a middle-class Jewish family that later moved to Moscow, Ehrenburg became involved as a youth in ...
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Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg ( Russian: Илья́ Григо́рьевич Эренбу́рг, Russian pronunciation: [ɪˈlʲja grʲɪˈgorʲɪvɪtɕ ɪrʲɪnˈburk]) (January 27, 1891 – August 31, 1967) was a Soviet writer, journalist, and propagandist, whose 1954 novel, The Thaw, lent its name to the Khrushchev Thaw . Ehrenburg was a ...
May 14, 2018 · The Soviet author Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenburg (1891-1967) is best known for his role as a man of letters throughout the first 50 years of Soviet history. He wrote more than 100 books and pamphlets, which range from lyric verse, to fiction, to journalism. Ilya Ehrenburg was born on Jan. 27, 1891, in Kiev. He came from a middle-class Jewish ...
- Knew everyone from Picasso to Einstein. Ilya Ehrenburg lived from 1891 to 1967; the list of his acquaintances seems endless and includes almost every celebrity of the 20th century.
- Made mind-blowing predictions. “There soon will be the solemn elimination of the Jewish people in Budapest, Kiev, Algiers, and many other places… The process will include burning and burying the Jews alive, spraying the fields with Jewish blood, and many more.”
- He was the master of compromise. At first skeptical of the revolution, Ehrenburg later joined the communist ranks and had to combine his admiration for art, freedom, the Western lifestyle (he adored Paris where he spent his youth, calling it “the school of life”), and loyalty to Moscow.
- Fought Germany with true hatred. As a communist and Soviet Jew, Ehrenburg hated the Nazis’ guts and when the Great Patriotic War broke out he devoted himself stoking the Red Army’s spirits.
The word “hate” is key in Russian writing of the World War II era. The most influential expression of hate toward the German enemy came from the pen of Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), a celebrated writer and a towering Soviet Jewish figure. During the war and afterwards, until his death, Ehrenburg did all in his power to preserve the memory ...
Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (Russian: Илья Григорьевич Эренбург) was a Soviet writer, journalist, translator, and cultural figure. Ehrenburg is among the most prolific and notable authors of the Soviet Union; he published around one hundred titles.
