Yevtushenko, Yevgeny/ Koten, Bernard L. (translator).

Selections from The Bratsk Hydroelectric Station and Other Poems.

New York, New World Review, 1965. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 48 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning, stains on pages and back cover.

Includes for example the following: Meeting Yevtushenko by Elizabeth Sutherland / Prayer Preceding Poem / The ABC of the Revolution / The First Wave / Some Taiga Flowers / The Bolshevik / Ballad on Poaching / Why Are You Like That? etc.

″Born in Siberia in 1932, Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a Russian poet, novelist, actor, and director who achieved great fame in the Soviet Union during the cultural “Khrushchev Thaw” that occurred following the death of Stalin in 1953. He rose to prominence following the publication of his long poem Babiyy Yar, a work about the Nazi massacre of Jewish citizens in Kiev and the Soviet Union’s refusal to acknowledge it. Notable Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich set the poem to music shortly after its publication.

As with several other poets of his generation, Yevtushenko had the odd distiction of being a celebrated dissident during a fairly repressive time. This notariaty brought him great success, leading to performances in packed stadiums and frequent reading tours abroad, but also left him open to criticism from both the Soviet government and those that felt his criticisms didn’t go far enough.

Yevtushenko lives in both Russia and the United States, where he teaches English and Russian poetry at the University of Tulsa. ″ (Poetry Foundation)

• Keywords: 20th Century Literature · Poetry · Russian literature · translation
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 72288AB

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