write less, and in the opinion of at least one critic "nothing he did in the last four decades of his life matched, in quality or in influence, what he had written in those six years" (to 1927) Later, Ivanov came under fire from Communist critics who claimed his works were too pessimistic and that it was not clear whether the Reds or Whites were the heroes. He wrote two novels in the 1930s, Adventures of a Fakir (1935) and Parkhomenko (1938). During the Second World War, Ivanov worked as a war correspondent for Izvestia. During the Great Purge, he declared his "creative hatred" for those accused of being enemies of the people, provoking Leon Trotsky, who had previously praised Ivanov's work, to describe him as a 'miniature Gorky' - "Not a prostitute by nature, he preferred to remain quiet as long as possible but the time came when silence meant civil and perhaps physical annihilation: it is not a 'creative hatred' that guides the pen of these writers but paralysing fear." His last novel was The Taking of Berlin (1945). In 1953, he published some reminiscences, Encounters with Maxim Gorky His final work consisted of travel notes, published just before his death. Family Vsevolod's son Vyacheslav Ivanov became one of the leading philologists and Indo-Europeanists of the late 20th century. Vsevolod adopted Isaac Babel's illegitimate child Emmanuil when he married Babel's one-time mistress Tamara Kashirina. Emmanuil's name was changed to "Mikhail Ivanov" and he later became a noted artist. English translations Armoured Train 14-69, International publishers, 1933. The Adventures of a Fakir, Vanguard Press, 1935. Armored Train 14-69, Trilogy Books, 1978. Selected Stories, Raduga Publishers, 1983. From the Reminiscences of Private Ivanov and Other Stories, Angel Books, 1988.The Child, from Great Soviet Short Stories, Dell, 1990.Fertility and Other Stories'', Northwestern University Press, 1998. References External links 1895 births 1963 deaths 20th-century Russian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Russian male writers 20th-century Russian short story writers Journalists from the Russian Empire Male writers from the Russian Empire People from Pavlodar Region People from Semipalatinsk Oblast Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Socialist realism writers Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians Russian male dramatists and playwrights Russian male journalists Russian male novelists Russian male short story writers Russian male writers Russian war correspondents Soviet dramatists and playwrights Soviet journalists Soviet male writers Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War