In 1949, George Orwell published one of the most enduring and chilling works of the 20th century 1984. The book was written in the aftermath of World War II, during a time when the world was reeling from unprecedented violence, mass propaganda, and the rise and fall of authoritarian regimes. Fascism had devastated Europe, and Stalinism was casting a long shadow over the East. Orwell, having witnessed the manipulation of truth and the abuse of power firsthand during the Spanish Civil War and through his criticisms of the Soviet Union, wrote 1984 not just as a warning, but as a desperate cry against a future he feared was already beginning.
When we talk about the origins of 1984, it’s tempting to think of it as a completely original, prophetic vision conjured by Orwell alone. But the truth is more nuanced. George Orwell, though a literary giant in his own right, was part of a lineage, a tradition of dystopian writers responding to the political horrors of the 20th century. And one name looms particularly large in that lineage: Yevgeny Zamyatin. Zamyatin was a Russian engineer, naval architect, and writer who, in 1921, penned a dystopian novel called We. It is widely considered the first modern dystopian novel.
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