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# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:55.995Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel was born on 13 July 1894 into Russian Jewry, and by the 1920s had become its greatest prose writer. His two landmark works — Red Cavalry and Odessa Stories — carried a style of brutal economy and moral ambiguity that set him apart. On 15 May 1939, the NKVD arrested him on fabricated charges of terrorism and espionage. He was executed on 27 January 1940, his manuscripts confiscated, his legacy suppressed for a generation.