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Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Also known as Evgeny Evtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko, Jevgenij Aleksandrovic Jevtusenko

Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko was a Soviet and Russian poet who lived from 1933 to 2017 and became one of the most prominent literary voices of his era. He matters because his work often addressed social and political themes that resonated with readers during and after the Cold War, making him an influential figure in 20th-century literature.

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Nizhneudinsk, Irkutskaya oblast, USSR (Russia)

Evgeny Evtushenko was a Russian Poet.

Known for

castelporziano ostia dei poeti — Self - poet2025
Finding Babel — Self2016
Where's the Logic? — Self / Gamer2015
A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov — Self2006
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth — Self (archive footage)2005
Stalin's Funeral1990
Remembering Boris Pasternak1990
Children of the 20th Congress1988
Kindergarten1984
Take-Off — Tsiolkovsky1979

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Yevgeny
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Zima
Place of death: Tulsa
Occupation: prose writer
Educated at: Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Employer: University of Pittsburgh
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Award: Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
Field of work: film
Genre: prose
Sport: association football
Image: Sobyanin meeting Evtushenko 05.jpg

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Commons category: Evgeny Evtushenko
date of birth: 1932-07-18
start of work period: 1949-00-00
birth name: Евгений Александрович Гангнус
date of death: 2017-04-01
place of burial: Peredelkino Cemetery
manner of death: natural causes
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
cause of death: heart failure
name in native language: Евгений Александрович Евтушенко
writing language: Russian
end of work period: 2017-00-00
has works in the collection: Anne Frank House

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Encyclopedic overview

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: Евгений Александрович Евтушенко; 18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of several films.

Biography

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