Isaak Babel was born in the Moldavanka section of Odessa. His parents were Manus and Feyga Bobel. Soon after his birth, the Babel family moved to the port city of Nikolayev. They later returned to live in a more fashionable part of Odessa in 1906. However, Babel subsequently used Moldavanka as the setting for The Odessa Tales and the play Sunset.
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Although Babel's short stories present his family as "destitute and muddle-headed" (as he wrote in the story "In the Basement"), they were in fact relatively well-off. According to Babel's autobiographical statements, his father Manus was an impoverished shopkeeper. According to Nathalie Babel Brown, her father fabricated this and other biographical details in order to "present an appropriate past for a young Soviet writer who was not a member of the Communist Party." In fact, Babel's father was a dealer in farm implements and owned a large warehouse.
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In his teens, Babel hoped to get into the preparatory class of the Nicolas I Odessa Commercial School. However, he first had to overcome the Jewish quota. Despite the fact that Babel received passing grades, his place was given to another boy, whose parents had bribed school officials. As a result he was schooled at home by private tutors.
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Although Babel's short stories present his family as "destitute and muddle-headed" (as he wrote in the story "In the Basement"), they were in fact relatively well-off. According to Babel's autobiographical statements, his father Manus was an impoverished shopkeeper. According to Nathalie Babel Brown, her father fabricated this and other biographical details in order to "present an appropriate past for a young Soviet writer who was not a member of the Communist Party." In fact, Babel's father was a dealer in farm implements and owned a large warehouse.
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In his teens, Babel hoped to get into the preparatory class of the Nicolas I Odessa Commercial School. However, he first had to overcome the Jewish quota. Despite the fact that Babel received passing grades, his place was given to another boy, whose parents had bribed school officials. As a result he was schooled at home by private tutors.
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