He has a clear style and has had much courage – as in his poem Babi Yar, a memorial to the Jews murdered by the Nazis. But he is no more than a talented poetaster – which is quite obvious to all but Western journalists – and it would be foolish to consider him as more than a skilful publicist.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko was a 20th-century Russian soviet and russian poet. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of several films. Read more on Wikipedia →