XX საუკუნის დისტოპიური რომანის სათავეებთან – ევგენი ზამიატინის „ჩვენ“
At the Origins of the 20th Century Dystopian Novel – Yevgeny Zamyatin’s “We”

Summary/Abstract: The 20th century prominent Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin’s novel “We” belongs to one of the subgenres of social fiction – Dystopia. His dystopian novel precedes the dystopias of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. It is significant that George Orwell considered himself as the successor of Zamyatin’s novel. As one of the best representatives of the genre of fantasy and science fiction of the 20th century, American writer and literary critic Ursula Kreber Le Guin notes, Yevgeny Zamyatin’s novel “We” is the greatest science fiction novel that had yet been written.1 Although Zamyatin’s “We” came under the pressure of Soviet censorship, it was met with great interest by foreign critics. In his native country, the novel, which was considered as a political mistake, came under fire of mass criticism. “We” was published in Russia only 70 years after it was written. Considering this background, the first Georgian translation of the novel (translator – Tata Nikoladze), which was published in 2018, is of particular importance. In fact, one way or another, it was through this translation that modern Georgian readers got to know with Zamyatin, which created a kind of basis for the rediscovery and study of the not so widely known writer and his novel – “We”.

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