Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель (January 27, 1940) was a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer. Wikipedia
In the summer of 1920, Izaak Babel (1894-1941) was serving as correspondent of Yug-ROSTA, the South Russian Press Agency. www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/995/konarmiya.html
Reading "The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel" (W. Norton & Co., 2002) in paperback, edited by Babels daughter, Nathalie, got me thinking about Jewish gangsters and tough guys. www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12647
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