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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko[1] (18 July 1932 – 1 April 2017)[2] was a Soviet and Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor and director of several movies.
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Born | Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gangnus (1932-07-18)18 July 1932 Zima Junction, Siberia, USSR |
Died | 1 April 2017(2017-04-01) (aged 84) Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
Occupation | Poet, writer, film director, publisher |
Nationality | Russian |
Period | 1949-2017 |
Notable works | Babi Yar |
Children | 5 sons |
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In 1961, he wrote a poem Babi Yar describing mass murder of the Holocaust at Babi Yar during World War II.
Yevtushenko died of heart failure after having kidney surgery at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 1 April 2017, aged 84.[3]