Yevtushenko: Selected Poems
Selected Poems
1st Edition
Published on 26. June 2008
96 pages
978-0-14-192090-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains a selection of early works by Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko who blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets with a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes. 'Zima Junction' vividly describes his idyllic childhood in Siberia and his impressions of home after a long absence in Moscow. Private moments are captured in 'Waking', on the joys of discovering the unexpected in a lover, and 'Birthday', on a mother's concern for her son, while 'Encounter' depicts an unexpected meeting with Hemingway in Copenhagen. 'The Companion' and 'Party Card' show war from a child's eye, whether playing while oblivious to German bombs falling nearby or discovering a fatally wounded soldier in the forest, while Yevtushenko's famous poem, 'Babiy Yar', is an angry expose of the Nazi massacre of the Jews of Kiev.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
2,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-192090-0 (9780141920900)
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-) is a Russian poet, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter and actor.
Translated with an introduction by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi, S.J.
Translated with an introduction by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi, S.J.
