Evgeny Yevtushenko, the world famous Russian poet, writer, playwright and film director. He is the author of more than 130 poetry books. His works are translated into 72 languages of the world.
Biography
Evgeni Aleksandrovich Gangus (he later took the name of his mother Yevtushenko) spent the early years in the Irkutsk region in Siberia at a station called Zima. The father of the future poet, Alexander Gangnus, was a geologist, and his mother, Zinaida Yevtushenko, was an actress. The boy accompanied his father on geological expeditions to Kazakhstan, Altai and Siberia. Living in Winter, young Yevtushenko wrote his first poems and humorous songs - ditties.
After the end of World War II, Yevtushenko moved to Moscow. From 1951 to 1954 he studied at the Literary Institute. Gorky in Moscow, but he did not receive a diploma.
Creative heritage
He published his first poem in 1949, and his first book three years later. In 1952, he joined the Union of Soviet Writers, becoming the youngest member of the organization, after the publication of the first collection of poems "Scouts of the Future." Subsequently, the author himself praised the work as immature and youthful.
In the mid-50s, several books were published that gained immense popularity among readers:
- "Third snow";
- "Highway enthusiasts";
- "Promise";
- "Apple";
- "Tenderness";
- "Wave of the hand."
In 1961, Evgeny Yevtushenko wrote one of his most famous works, “Babi Yar, ” in which he condemned the Soviet distortion of the historical fact of the Nazi massacre of the Jewish population of Kiev in September 1941, as well as the anti-Semitism still widespread in the Soviet Union. The poem became widespread in the underground samizdat press, and later was put to music by composer Dmitry Shostakovich. Despite its popularity, the official publication of the poem was postponed until 1984.
Yevtushenko became one of the most famous poets of the 1950s and 1960s in the Soviet Union. He was part of the generation of the “sixties”, which included such writers and poets as Vasily Aksenov, Andrei Voznesensky, Bella Akhmadulina, Robert Rozhdestvensky; as well as artists Andrei Mironov, Alexander Zbruev, Natalya Fateeva and many others. Yevtushenko’s performances on stage were very famous, he read his works very well. later he released several audio books in his own performance.
In the 70s, Yevtushenko wrote the poems "Snow in Tokyo" and "Northern Markup". And in the 90s the collections “Last Attempt”, “No Years”, “My Emigration” and others were published. Several books were published in the 2000s, and in 2008 the poet presented the book "All Yevtushenko." which includes all the works of the author.
Evgeny Yevtushenko was also a remarkable prose writer. He is the author of the novels "Pearl Harbor", "Ardabiola", the novels "Do not die before death, " "Berry places." He has written several plays and scripts for many films.
The world famous Russian poet, writer, playwright and film director died on April 1, 2017. He was 83 years old.
