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丕賱毓賲賯 丕賱乇賲丕丿賷 : 爻賷乇丞 匕丕鬲賷丞 賲亘賰乇丞
賷賵噩賷賳 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵: 賱賷爻 睾乇賷亘丕賸 毓賳 丕賱賲卮賴丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷.
賮賴賵 賲毓乇賵賮 賱丿賶 丕賱賯丕乇卅 爻賲丕毓丕賸 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 賰兀丨丿 兀賴賲 卮毓乇丕亍 乇賵爻賷丕 丕賱賰亘丕乇 賵賲賳 兀賱賲毓 卮毓乇丕亍 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇賷賳. 鬲乇噩賲鬲 兀卮毓丕乇賴 廿賱賶 賱睾丕鬲 賰孬賷乇丞 賵丕爻鬲賲毓鬲 廿賱賷賴 噩賲丕賴賷乇 睾賮賷乇丞 兀孬賳丕亍 鬲噩賵丕賱賴 賮賷 禺丕乇胤丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵丕賱卮毓乇 賵鬲賳丕賯賱鬲 丌乇丕亍賴 賵賰丕賱丕鬲 丕賱兀賳亘丕亍 亘丕毓鬲亘丕乇賴 卮丕毓乇丕賸 賰亘賷乇丕賸 賵匕丕 噩乇兀丞 毓賱賶 丕賱噩賴乇 亘賲丕 賰丕賳 賲爻賰賵鬲丕賸 毓賳賴 賮賷 賲噩鬲賲毓賴 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷貙 廿賱賶 丨丿 兀賳賴 賯購丿賾賲 賮賷 丕賱睾乇亘 亘氐賵乇丞 賲禺丕賱賮丞 賱賵噩賴賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷貙 兀賳賰乇賴丕 賴賵 賳賮爻賴 : 鈥溬娯辟娯堎� 兀賳 賷噩毓賱賵丕 賲賳賷 卮禺氐賷丞 賲爻鬲賯賱丞 賲賳賮氐賱丞 賮賷賲丕 賷亘丿賵 賰亘賯毓丞 賲囟賷卅丞 毓賳 丕賱毓賲賯 丕賱乇賲丕丿賷 賱賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲賷鈥�. 賵丕爻鬲胤丕毓 賮毓賱丕賸貙 賰卮丕毓乇 賲鬲賮乇賾丿 賵賲鬲賲乇賾丿貙 兀賳 賷丨丕賮馗 毓賱賶 鈥溫簇蒂娯� 禺丕氐丞鈥� 賵兀賳 賷毓亘賾乇 賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 匕丕鬲賴 鈥溫官呚� 賴賵 賲卮鬲乇賰 亘賷賳 噩賲賷毓 丕賱賳丕爻鈥� 賵 鈥溫Ｙ� 賷賳賯賱 賮賷 賯氐丕卅丿賴 兀賳賮丕爻 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳鈥� 賵賱賰賳 鈥溫堎� 兀賳 賷賳賮賷 丌賳丕賴鈥� 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賰賲丕 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞.
賮賴賵 賲毓乇賵賮 賱丿賶 丕賱賯丕乇卅 爻賲丕毓丕賸 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 賰兀丨丿 兀賴賲 卮毓乇丕亍 乇賵爻賷丕 丕賱賰亘丕乇 賵賲賳 兀賱賲毓 卮毓乇丕亍 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇賷賳. 鬲乇噩賲鬲 兀卮毓丕乇賴 廿賱賶 賱睾丕鬲 賰孬賷乇丞 賵丕爻鬲賲毓鬲 廿賱賷賴 噩賲丕賴賷乇 睾賮賷乇丞 兀孬賳丕亍 鬲噩賵丕賱賴 賮賷 禺丕乇胤丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵丕賱卮毓乇 賵鬲賳丕賯賱鬲 丌乇丕亍賴 賵賰丕賱丕鬲 丕賱兀賳亘丕亍 亘丕毓鬲亘丕乇賴 卮丕毓乇丕賸 賰亘賷乇丕賸 賵匕丕 噩乇兀丞 毓賱賶 丕賱噩賴乇 亘賲丕 賰丕賳 賲爻賰賵鬲丕賸 毓賳賴 賮賷 賲噩鬲賲毓賴 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷貙 廿賱賶 丨丿 兀賳賴 賯購丿賾賲 賮賷 丕賱睾乇亘 亘氐賵乇丞 賲禺丕賱賮丞 賱賵噩賴賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷貙 兀賳賰乇賴丕 賴賵 賳賮爻賴 : 鈥溬娯辟娯堎� 兀賳 賷噩毓賱賵丕 賲賳賷 卮禺氐賷丞 賲爻鬲賯賱丞 賲賳賮氐賱丞 賮賷賲丕 賷亘丿賵 賰亘賯毓丞 賲囟賷卅丞 毓賳 丕賱毓賲賯 丕賱乇賲丕丿賷 賱賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲賷鈥�. 賵丕爻鬲胤丕毓 賮毓賱丕賸貙 賰卮丕毓乇 賲鬲賮乇賾丿 賵賲鬲賲乇賾丿貙 兀賳 賷丨丕賮馗 毓賱賶 鈥溫簇蒂娯� 禺丕氐丞鈥� 賵兀賳 賷毓亘賾乇 賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 匕丕鬲賴 鈥溫官呚� 賴賵 賲卮鬲乇賰 亘賷賳 噩賲賷毓 丕賱賳丕爻鈥� 賵 鈥溫Ｙ� 賷賳賯賱 賮賷 賯氐丕卅丿賴 兀賳賮丕爻 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳鈥� 賵賱賰賳 鈥溫堎� 兀賳 賷賳賮賷 丌賳丕賴鈥� 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賰賲丕 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞.
186 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1963
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
143听books110听followers 袝胁谐械薪懈泄 袝胁褌褍褕械薪泻芯
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: 袝胁谐械薪懈泄 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉芯胁懈褔 袝胁褌褍褕械薪泻芯; born 18 July 1933 in Zima Junction, Siberia) is a Soviet and Russian poet. He is also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and a director of several films.
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: 袝胁谐械薪懈泄 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉芯胁懈褔 袝胁褌褍褕械薪泻芯; born 18 July 1933 in Zima Junction, Siberia) is a Soviet and Russian poet. He is also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and a director of several films.
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July 1, 2016
爻賷乇丞 匕丕鬲賷丞 賱賱卮丕毓乇 丕賱乇賵爻賷 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵貙 賷鬲丨丿孬 賮賷賴 毓賳 胤賮賵賱鬲賴貙 賵賲乇丕賴賯鬲賴貙 賵亘丿丕賷鬲賴 賰卮丕毓乇貙 賰鬲亘鬲 亘兀爻賱賵亘 爻乇丿賷 爻賱爻 賱丕 賷禺賱賵 賲賳 爻禺乇賷丞貙 賵賰孬賷乇 賲賳 禺賷亘丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 鬲賲賷夭鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷乇丞 亘兀賲乇賷賳:
丕賱兀賵賱: 鬲賱賲爻 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱爻胤賵乇 鬲賵丕囟毓 丕賱賰亘丕乇 賵氐丿賯賴.
丕賱孬丕賳賷: 丕賱丕賳丨賷丕夭 賱賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 賲乇丞.
丕爻鬲賵賯賮賳賷 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丨丿賷孬賴 毓賳 鬲氐賳賷賲 丕賱爻丕爻丞貙 賵兀賳 丕賱亘卮乇 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賷賯丿爻賵賳 卮禺氐丕
亘賯丿乇 賲丕 鬲賰賵賳 氐丿賲鬲賴賲 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿.
丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱鬲賷 匕賰乇賴丕 賮賷 噩賳丕夭丞 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 賵丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賱賴 兀孬乇 賮賷 鬲乇丕噩毓賴 賵廿毓丕丿丞 丕賱賳馗乇 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓氐亘 賵丕賱鬲氐賳賷賲貙 賵丕賱丕賳丨賷丕夭 賱賱亘爻胤丕亍 賵丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘賴賲 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 賲丐孬乇丕 噩丿丕.
賷賯賵賱:亘毓丿 賲賵鬲 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 亘孬賱丕孬丞 兀毓賵丕賲 " 賰卮賮 丕賱丨夭亘 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 丕賱賳賯丕亘 毓賳 噩乇丕卅賲 爻鬲丕賱賷賳"
丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳賵丕 賷毓亘丿賵賳賴 " 賰丕賳 毓匕丕亘 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱賳賮爻賷 賲丨爻賵爻丕賸"
賮賷 丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 毓賳 丕賱卮毓乇貙 賵丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘貙 賵鬲賵丕囟毓 丕賱亘丿丕賷丕鬲貙 賵兀孬乇 丕賱乇賯丕亘丞 毓賱賶 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓貙 賵兀卮賷丕亍 賲丐賱賲丞貙 賵噩賲賱 毓賲賷賯丞 鬲丨賲賱 賮賱爻賮丞 賴匕丕 丕賱卮丕毓乇.
賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱賯賱賷賱丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲.
丕賱兀賵賱: 鬲賱賲爻 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱爻胤賵乇 鬲賵丕囟毓 丕賱賰亘丕乇 賵氐丿賯賴.
丕賱孬丕賳賷: 丕賱丕賳丨賷丕夭 賱賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 賲乇丞.
丕爻鬲賵賯賮賳賷 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丨丿賷孬賴 毓賳 鬲氐賳賷賲 丕賱爻丕爻丞貙 賵兀賳 丕賱亘卮乇 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賷賯丿爻賵賳 卮禺氐丕
亘賯丿乇 賲丕 鬲賰賵賳 氐丿賲鬲賴賲 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿.
丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱鬲賷 匕賰乇賴丕 賮賷 噩賳丕夭丞 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 賵丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賱賴 兀孬乇 賮賷 鬲乇丕噩毓賴 賵廿毓丕丿丞 丕賱賳馗乇 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓氐亘 賵丕賱鬲氐賳賷賲貙 賵丕賱丕賳丨賷丕夭 賱賱亘爻胤丕亍 賵丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘賴賲 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 賲丐孬乇丕 噩丿丕.
賷賯賵賱:亘毓丿 賲賵鬲 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 亘孬賱丕孬丞 兀毓賵丕賲 " 賰卮賮 丕賱丨夭亘 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 丕賱賳賯丕亘 毓賳 噩乇丕卅賲 爻鬲丕賱賷賳"
丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳賵丕 賷毓亘丿賵賳賴 " 賰丕賳 毓匕丕亘 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱賳賮爻賷 賲丨爻賵爻丕賸"
賮賷 丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 毓賳 丕賱卮毓乇貙 賵丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘貙 賵鬲賵丕囟毓 丕賱亘丿丕賷丕鬲貙 賵兀孬乇 丕賱乇賯丕亘丞 毓賱賶 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓貙 賵兀卮賷丕亍 賲丐賱賲丞貙 賵噩賲賱 毓賲賷賯丞 鬲丨賲賱 賮賱爻賮丞 賴匕丕 丕賱卮丕毓乇.
賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱賯賱賷賱丞 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲.
June 30, 2016
賰賳鬲 兀毓鬲賯丿 丿賵賲賸丕 亘兀賳 丕賱乇賵爻 賲丨氐賳賷賳 囟丿 丕賱丕毓鬲乇丕賮貙 賵賱丕 賷賲賰賳 丕禺鬲乇丕賯賴賲 亘爻賴賵賱丞貙 賵亘丕賱鬲丕賱賷 毓賳丿賲丕 丕賱鬲賯胤鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷乇丞 賱賱卮丕毓乇 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵 馗賳賳鬲 亘兀賳 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賰賳鬲 亘氐丿丿 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 爻鬲禺賱賵 賲賳 丕賱氐丿賯.
噩夭亍 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賳胤亘丕毓 賷毓賵丿 賱賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱賳賲胤賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 爻丕賴賲鬲 賮賷 鬲卮賰賷賱賴丕 丕賱丌賱丞 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲賷丞 丕賱兀賲賷乇賷賰賷丞貙 賵賴賵賱賷賵賵丿 毓賱賶 賵噩賴 丕賱鬲丨丿賷丿貙 賵噩夭亍 丌禺乇 賷毓賵丿 亘爻亘亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲賷 賱賱丿賵賱丞 丕賱匕賷 丕乇鬲亘胤 賮賷 兀匕賴丕賳賳丕 亘丕賱乇毓亘貙 賵丕賱賲賱丕丨賯丕鬲貙 賵丕賱丕睾鬲賷丕賱丕鬲 .. 廿賱禺
賱匕賱賰 賱賲 賷賰賳 爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 毓丕賱賷賸丕 噩丿賸丕!
賵賱賰賳貙 賱丨爻賳 丕賱丨馗貙 禺丕亘 馗賳賷 爻乇賷毓賸丕. 賵噩丿鬲 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 禺賱丕賮賸丕 賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷貙 卮賮賾丕賮 賵氐丕丿賯 噩丿賸丕. 丕賱噩賱賷丿 丕賱匕賷 賰賳鬲 兀馗賳賴 爻賷卮賰賱 毓丕卅賯賸丕 賱賷 賱賱賳賮丕匕 廿賱賶 丿丕禺賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇貙 匕丕亘 賲毓 爻乇丿 丕賱卮丕毓乇 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴貙 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲賴貙 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱鬲賷 丕乇鬲亘胤鬲 亘丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 禺賷亘丕鬲 丕賱兀賲賱 賵丕賱賯賱賷賱 噩丿賸丕 賲賳 丕賱賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞. 賲賲丕 丿賮毓賳賷 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賯氐丕卅丿賴 丕賱賲鬲賵賮乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲貙 賵賵噩丿鬲賴丕 賱丕 鬲禺鬲賱賮 賮賷 噩賲丕賱賴丕 賵乇賵毓鬲賴丕 毓賳 爻乇丿賴 丕賱毓賮賵賷 賵丕賱乇丕卅毓 賱賲丨胤丕鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞.
噩夭亍 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賳胤亘丕毓 賷毓賵丿 賱賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱賳賲胤賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 爻丕賴賲鬲 賮賷 鬲卮賰賷賱賴丕 丕賱丌賱丞 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲賷丞 丕賱兀賲賷乇賷賰賷丞貙 賵賴賵賱賷賵賵丿 毓賱賶 賵噩賴 丕賱鬲丨丿賷丿貙 賵噩夭亍 丌禺乇 賷毓賵丿 亘爻亘亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲賷 賱賱丿賵賱丞 丕賱匕賷 丕乇鬲亘胤 賮賷 兀匕賴丕賳賳丕 亘丕賱乇毓亘貙 賵丕賱賲賱丕丨賯丕鬲貙 賵丕賱丕睾鬲賷丕賱丕鬲 .. 廿賱禺
賱匕賱賰 賱賲 賷賰賳 爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 毓丕賱賷賸丕 噩丿賸丕!
賵賱賰賳貙 賱丨爻賳 丕賱丨馗貙 禺丕亘 馗賳賷 爻乇賷毓賸丕. 賵噩丿鬲 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 禺賱丕賮賸丕 賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷貙 卮賮賾丕賮 賵氐丕丿賯 噩丿賸丕. 丕賱噩賱賷丿 丕賱匕賷 賰賳鬲 兀馗賳賴 爻賷卮賰賱 毓丕卅賯賸丕 賱賷 賱賱賳賮丕匕 廿賱賶 丿丕禺賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇貙 匕丕亘 賲毓 爻乇丿 丕賱卮丕毓乇 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴貙 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲賴貙 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱鬲賷 丕乇鬲亘胤鬲 亘丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 禺賷亘丕鬲 丕賱兀賲賱 賵丕賱賯賱賷賱 噩丿賸丕 賲賳 丕賱賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞. 賲賲丕 丿賮毓賳賷 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賯氐丕卅丿賴 丕賱賲鬲賵賮乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲貙 賵賵噩丿鬲賴丕 賱丕 鬲禺鬲賱賮 賮賷 噩賲丕賱賴丕 賵乇賵毓鬲賴丕 毓賳 爻乇丿賴 丕賱毓賮賵賷 賵丕賱乇丕卅毓 賱賲丨胤丕鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲亘賰乇丞.
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賱丕賱 丕毓賱賲 賱賲丕匕丕 賳噩賲鬲賷賳 賵賱賰賳賳賷 賲毓噩亘 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵 卮毓乇賴 賰賱賲丕鬲賴 爻乇丿賴 丨賷丕鬲賴 賳囟丕賱賴
丕毓噩亘鬲賳賷 丕禺鬲胤丕賮賴 賱賱毓賯賵賱 賱丨馗賴 賯乇丕亍賴 丕賱賮丕馗賴
兀賴丿賶 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐賷丿丞 丕賱賶 匕賰乇賶 丕賱亘胤賱 丕賱賵胤賳賷 丕賱賰賵亘賷 禺賵爻賷賴 丕賳胤賵賳賷賵 兀鬲卮賷賮丕賱賷乇賷 貙 賵賰丕賳 廿爻賲賴 丕賱爻乇賷 鈥� 賲丕賳爻丕賳丕鈥� 賵賷毓賳賷 亘丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱廿爻亘丕賳賷丞 鈥� 丕賱鬲賮丕丨 鈥�
賰丕賳 卮丕亘 丕爻賲賴 賲丕賳爻丕賳丕
毓賷賳丕賴 氐丕賮賷鬲丕賳 賰賷賳亘賵毓
賵乇賵丨賴 氐丕禺亘丞 賰爻胤丨 賲兀賴賵賱
賷毓噩 亘丕賱丨賲丕賲 賵丕賱噩賷鬲丕乇丕鬲 賵丕賱賱賵丨丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲鬲賲
賰丕賳 賷丨亘 賰賷夭丕賳 丕賱匕乇丞
賮賷 毓賷丿 賲賷賱丕丿賴 丕賱爻鬲賷賳貙 丕禺鬲鬲賲 賷賮睾賷賳賷 丕賱丨賮賱丞 亘賯乇丕亍丞 兀亘賷丕鬲 賲賳 廿丨丿賶 賯氐丕卅丿賴 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞 芦噩賷賱 丕賱爻鬲賷賳賷丕鬲禄 賵賷賯賵賱 賮賷賴丕: 芦賰賳丕 丕賱賲賵囟丞 賮賷 夭賲賳賺 賲丕貙 賰賳丕 賲丨胤 丕賱爻賵亍 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱亘毓囟貙 賱賰賳賳丕 賲賳丨賳丕賰 卮乇賮 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 丨乇賸賾丕貙 賷丕 丨丕爻丿賷 丕賱賲賴丕賳貙 賮賱鬲賴賲爻賵丕 亘賲丕 卮卅鬲賲貙 賯賵賱賵丕: 廿賳賳丕 賱丕 賳毓乇賮 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓貙 賯賵賱賵丕: 廿賳賳丕 賲爻鬲賴賱賰賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賳賮丕賯貙 賱丕 賷賴賲賳賷 兀亘丿賸丕. 爻賳馗賱 丕賱兀爻丕胤賷乇貙 賳馗賱 賲丨胤 噩丿賱貙 賳馗賱 賳丨賳 丕賱禺丕賱丿賵賳禄.
賯氐賷丿鬲丕賳
賮丕鬲丨丞
賰孬賷乇賹 噩丿賸賾丕 兀賳丕.
賲爻鬲賳夭賮賹貙 賲購乇賴賯貙
賲購毓胤賻賾賱賹 兀賳丕.
賱賷 兀賱賮購 丨賱賲賺 兀賳丕
鬲禺匕賱賳賷 丕賱噩賴丕鬲.
賵賱丕 兀賱賷賯購貙 賱丕 兀賱賷賯..
亘兀賷 卮賷亍賺 賴購賳丕.
兀賳丕 丕賱毓氐賷購賾 丕賱睾乇賷亘貙
兀賳丕 丕賱禺噩賵賱購 丕賱賵賯賽丨貙
兀賳丕 丕賱亘睾賷囟購 丕賱胤賷賽賾亘.
兀丨亘購賾 賰賱賻賾 賴匕丕貙
兀丨亘購賾 賰賷賮 賷賰鬲賲賱 丕賱卮賷亍 亘卮賷亍賺 丌禺乇貙
兀丨亘購賾 賰賷賮 賷賳丿賲噩購 賰賱賾 卮賷亍賺 亘丿丕禺賱賷:
賲賳 丕賱卮乇賯賽 廿賱賶 丕賱睾乇亘貙
賲賳 丕賱丨爻丿賽 廿賱賶 丕賱乇囟丕.
賱丕 亘丿賻賾 兀賳賰賲 鬲鬲爻丕亍賱賵賳 丕賱丌賳:
賲丕 丕賱睾丕賷丞購 丕賱賲購噩賲賱丞 賮賷 賰賱 賴匕丕責
孬賲賻賾丞 噩丿賵賶 亘丕賴乇丞 賮賷 賰賱 賴匕丕 丕賱卮賷亍!
賱丕 賲賳噩賶 賱賰賲 賲賳賷!
兀賳丕 丕賱乇賰丕賲購 丕賱毓丕賱賷
賰賰賵賲丞 賯卮賾 毓賱賶 馗賴乇賽 卮丕丨賳丞.
賮賷 丕賱兀氐賵丕鬲賽 兀胤賷乇貙
賵賮賷 睾氐賵賳賽 丕賱卮噩乇貙
賷購氐丕丿賯賳賷 丕賱囟賵亍 賵丕賱鬲睾乇賷丿貙
賵賮乇丕卮丕鬲賹 鬲乇鬲毓卮購 賮賷 毓賷賳賷.
賵賳亘鬲丞 賲賳 卮賯賵賯 丕賱胤乇賷賯.
兀賱賯賷 丕賱爻賱丕賲賻 毓賱賶 賰賱 丕賱噩賴丕鬲貙
毓賱賶 丕賱卮睾賮貙 毓賱賶 丕賱卮睾賮 丕賱賲亘鬲賴噩 亘賳氐乇賴.
丨丿賵丿購 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賴丕 賮賷 胤乇賷賯賷.
賷購乇亘賰賳賷 兀賱賾丕 兀噩丿 毓丕氐賲丞 丕賱兀乇噩賳鬲賷賳 賮賷 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰.
兀乇賷丿購 兀賳 兀鬲賳夭賻賾賴 毓亘乇 卮賵丕乇毓 賱賳丿賳貙
賵兀賳 兀鬲丨丿賻賾孬 廿賱賶 丕賱噩賲賷毓貙
丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 亘廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 賲賰爻賵乇丞.
兀乇賷丿 兀賳 兀鬲賲卮賻賾賶 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻 兀賵賱 丕賱賮噩乇貙
賵兀鬲賳賯賱 賲賳 丨丕賮賱丞 賱丨丕賮賱丞 賰胤賮賱.
兀乇賷丿 賱賱賮賳 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賲鬲賳賵毓賸丕貙
賰賲丕 賴賷 賳賮爻賷.
賵賲丕匕丕 賱賵 賰丕賳 丕賱賮賳購賾 卮賯丕卅賷責
賲丕匕丕 賱賵 賰丕賳 丕賱賮賳購賾 賲囟胤賴丿賷 賲賳 賰賱 丕賱噩賴丕鬲責
bag-Yevgeny_2兀賳丕 賲丨丕氐乇賹 兀氐賱賸丕.
乇兀賷鬲購 賳賮爻賷 賮賷 賰賱 卮賷亍.
兀卮毓乇 亘丕賱丕賳鬲賲丕亍 賱賷爻賷賳賷賳貙
賱賵賷鬲賲丕賳貙
兀卮毓乇 亘丕賱丕賳鬲賲丕亍 賱賲賵爻賵乇爻賰賷 賵賴賵 賷丨鬲囟賳 丕賱賲爻乇丨貙
賱睾賵睾丕賳 賵乇爻賵賲丕鬲賴 丕賱亘賰乇.
兀乇賷丿購 兀賳 兀睾乇爻 夭賱丕噩丕鬲賷 賮賷 丕賱卮鬲丕亍貙
賵禺乇亘卮丕鬲賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賵乇賯貙
賵兀賳 兀賯囟賷 賱賷丕賱賷賻 胤賵 丕賱賸丕 賲毓 丕賱兀乇賯.
兀乇賷丿購 兀賳 兀賯賵賱 賱毓丿賵賺賾 賮賷 賵噩賴賴: 賱丕貙
兀賳 兀賲卮賷 賲毓 丕賲乇兀丞 毓賱賶 囟賮丞 賳賴乇貙
兀賳 兀賱鬲賴賲 丕賱賰鬲亘貙
兀賳 兀丨賲賱 禺卮亘 丕賱賲丿賮兀丞貙
兀賳 兀丨賲賱 丕賱氐賳賵亘乇貙
兀賳 兀亘丨孬 毓賳 卮賷亍賺 賱丕 兀毓乇賮.
賵賮賷 丨乇丕乇丞 兀睾爻胤爻 兀乇賷丿 兀賳 兀鬲賱匕匕 亘卮乇丕卅丨
丕賱亘胤賷禺 丕賱賯乇賲夭賷丞 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞.
兀乇賷丿購 兀賳 兀睾賳賷貙 兀乇賷丿 兀賳 兀孬賲賱貙
兀賳 兀乇賲賷 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵乇丕卅賷.
亘匕乇丕毓賷賳 賲賮乇賵丿鬲賷賳
兀乇賷丿 兀賳 兀鬲賲丿賾丿 毓賱賶 丕賱毓卮亘.
賵賱賵 丨丿孬貙 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賵丨卮賷賾貙 賲賵鬲賷
賮爻兀賲賵鬲 賲賳 賮乇胤 丕賱賮乇丨 丕賱匕賷 毓卮鬲賴.
賱賳 兀賯亘賱 亘丕賱賳氐賮
賱丕貙 賱賳 兀賯亘賱 亘丕賱賳氐賮貙 賱賳 兀賯亘賱 兀賳氐丕賮 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍.
兀毓胤賳賷 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賰丕賲賱丞貙 兀毓胤賳賷 丕賱兀乇囟 亘賲丕 賮賷賴丕.
丕賱亘丨丕乇 賵丕賱兀賳賴丕乇 賵丕賱噩亘丕賱 賵丕賱丕賳賴賷丕乇丕鬲 丕賱孬賱噩賷丞.
賰賱賴丕 賲賱賰賷貙 賱賳 兀賯亘賱 亘兀賯賱 賲賳 匕賱賰.
賱丕 賷丕 丨賷丕丞貙 賱賳 鬲禺賷賮賷賳賷 亘丕賱賳氐賮.
兀毓胤賷賳賷 丕賱賰賱賻賾 兀賵 賱丕 卮賷亍貙 賰賻鬲賽賮賽賷 兀賴賱賹 賱賱丨賲賱.
賱賳 兀賯亘賱 賳氐賮 爻毓丕丿丞貙
賱賳 兀賯亘賱 賳氐賮 丕賱兀丨夭丕賳.
賵爻丕丿丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賷賲賰賳賳賷 兀賳 兀卮丕乇賰賴丕貙
賵爻丕丿丞 賷賮鬲乇卮賴丕 禺丿賹賾 賳丕毓賲貙
賰賳噩賲丞 亘丕卅爻丞貙 賰賳噩賲丞 賴丕賵賷丞貙
賰禺丕鬲賲賺 賷賵賲囟 賮賷 廿氐亘毓賺 賲賳 賷丿賰.
賵丕賱亘賷爻亘賵賱
賵丕賱兀胤賮丕賱
賵丕賱兀卮噩丕乇
賵丕賱胤賷賵乇
賵毓賷賳賷 賮鬲丕鬲賴 丕賱賲毓噩夭鬲賷賳
丨賷賳 鬲卮乇賯丕賳 賲賳 鬲丨鬲 丕賴丿丕亘賴丕
賵鬲賱鬲賯賷丕賳 毓賮賵丕 亘毓賷賳賷賴 賵鈥�
賵賯丿 丕賱鬲賴亘鬲 乇賯氐丞 丕賱亘丕鬲卮丕賳噩丕
賰丕賳 賲丕賳爻丕賳丕 兀卮亘賴 亘胤賮賱
賱賰賳 賳賮賵乇丕賸 氐丕乇賲丕賸 賰丕賳 賷賵賲囟 賮賷 毓賷賳賷賴
毓賳丿賲丕 賷乇賶 丕賱賳賮丕賯 賵丕賱賰匕亘
賰丕賳 丕賱賰匕亘 賮賷 賰賵亘丕 賷乇鬲丿賷 兀賮禺乇 丕賱孬賷丕亘
賵賷匕乇毓 乇丿賴丕鬲 丕賱賯氐賵乇
賵賷噩賱爻 賮賷 爻賷丕乇丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻
賲囟胤噩毓丕 賰兀賳賴 賮賷 賲賳夭賱賴
賵賷賳卮乇 丕賱賴乇丕亍 賮賷 噩賲賷毓 丕賱氐丨賮
賵賷亘丿兀 賳賴丕乇賴 亘丕賱氐賷丕丨
賵賲賳 賵賯鬲 賱丌禺乇
亘爻鬲亘丿賱 亘丕賱氐賷丕丨 丕賱乇賵賰 丌賳丿 乇賵賱
賵賷賳賮禺 賮賷 丕賱乇丕丿賷賵 丕賱兀亘賵丕賯
賵賯乇乇 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱氐睾賷乇 賲丕賳爻丕賳丕
兀賳 賷爻鬲賵賱賷 賴賵 賵兀氐丿賯丕丐賴 毓賱賶 賲丨胤丞 丕賱廿匕丕毓丞
賱丕 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱賲噩丿
賵廿賳賲丕 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱噩賲賷毓
賵賱賰賷 鬲毓乇賮 賰賵亘丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞
賵赖賰匕丕
賴噩賲 賵賮賷 賷丿賴 丕賱賲爻丿爻
賵丕賳鬲夭毓 丕賱賲賷賰乇賵賮賵賳 賲賳 丕賱賲睾賳賷丞
賵丕禺匕 賷賯賵賱 賱賱卮毓亘 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞
賰氐賵鬲 賰賵亘丕 貙 賵丕賱卮噩丕毓丞 貙 賵丕賱廿賷賲丕賳
賱賲丿丞 孬賱丕孬 丿賯丕卅賯 賮賯胤 !
孬賱丕孬 丿賯丕卅賯 賱丕 兀賰孬乇
孬賲賾 鈥� 胤賱賯 賳丕乇賷
賵亘毓丿賴 賱賲 賷爻賲毓 卮賷亍
兀氐亘丨鬲 乇氐丕氐丞 亘丕鬲爻鬲丕 賳賯胤丞
賮賷 禺胤亘丞 賲丕賳爻丕賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賰鬲賲賱
賵賲賳 噩丿賷丿 丿賵賶 丕賱乇賵賰 丌賳丿 乇賵賱 亘丕賳鬲馗丕賲
丕賲丕 賴賵 賮賱賲 賷毓丿 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賯賴乇
亘毓丿 兀賳 兀毓胤賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲賯丕亘賱 孬賱丕孬 丿賯丕卅賯 賲賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞
賵兀睾賮賶 亘賵噩賴 爻毓賷丿 卮丕亘
賮賷丕 卮亘丕亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲
丨賷賳賲丕 賷丨賰賲 丕賱夭賷賮 亘賱丿丕 賲丕
賵鬲兀禺匕 丕賱氐丨賮 賮賷 丕賱賰匕亘 亘賱丕 爻兀賲
鬲匕賰乇賵丕 賲丕賳爻丕賳丕
兀賷賴丕 丕賱卮亘丕亘
賴賰匕丕 賷噩亘 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮賵丕
賱丕 鬲卮睾賱賵丕 兀賳賮爻賰賲 亘丕賱鬲賮丕賴丕鬲
賵丕噩賴賵丕 丕賱賲賵鬲
賳丕爻賷賳 丕賱乇丕丨丞
賵丕賱赖丿賵亍
賵賯賵賱賵丕 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞
賵賱賵 賱孬賱丕孬 丿賯丕卅賯
孬賱丕孬 丿賯丕卅賯 賮賯胤
賵亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賮賱賷賯鬲賱賵賰賲
October 24, 2021
"A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote. A poet is only a poet when the reader can see him whole as if he held him in the hollow of his hand with all his feelings, thoughts and actions."
June 5, 2017
Notes from Yevtushenko, A Precocious Autobiography
p. 69 "A poet has only one indispensable quality: whether he is simple or complicated, people must need him. Poetry, if it鈥檚 genuine, is not a racing car rushing senselessly around and around a closed track; it is an ambulance rushing to save someone.鈥� ~~ Kirsanov to Yevtushenko
p. 81 鈥淥f course Stalin never himself preached anti-Semitism as a theory, but the theory was inherent in his practice. Neither did Stalin in theory preach careerism, servility, spying, cruelty, bigotry, or hypocrisy. But these too were implicit in Stalin鈥檚 practice. This is why some people, such as the poet K, began to think and act in an anti-communist way though they regarded themselves as the most orthodox of Communists.
鈥淚 came to realize that those who speak in the name of communism but in reality pervert its meaning are among its most dangerous enemies, perhaps even more dangerous than its enemies in the West.鈥�
p. 89 鈥淩ussia鈥檚 poets were always fighters for the future of their country and for justice. Her poets helped Russia to think. Her poets helped Russia to struggle against her tyrants.鈥�
鈥淎fter Stalin鈥檚 death, when Russia was going through a very difficult moment of her inner life, I became convinced that I had no right to cultivate my private Japanese garden of poetry鈥�. To write only of nature or women or Weltschmerz at a time of hardship for your countrymen is almost amoral.
鈥淎nd it was a time of hardship for the Russians.鈥�
p. 112 鈥淥f course, I listened more than I spoke. Before you can have anything to say, you must learn to listen.鈥�
p. 115 鈥淚f, before, I felt a responsibility for my own country, I now felt a responsibility for the whole world. And so in every country I visited, instead of going to see the beautiful sights and historical monuments, I looked for men who were prepared to fight heart and soul against lies, the abuse of power, and the exploitation of man by man wherever they exist. And everywhere I found such men.鈥�
p. 116 鈥淭he struggle for the future.鈥�
p. 123-124 鈥淚n a caf茅 in Paris a student who did less than credit to his revolutionary forbears said to me: 鈥業n general I鈥檓 for socialism. But I鈥檇 rather wait until you get stores like the Galeries Lafayette in Moscow. After that I might consider fighting for socialism鈥�.鈥�
鈥淚 felt ashamed for this senile young man.鈥ㄢ€ㄢ€淲hat he wants is to have his future served to him on a silver platter, nicely cooked, brown outside and pink inside with a sprig of parsley; then perhaps he鈥檒l pick at it with his fork. We at least are making the future ourselves, doing without the barest necessities, suffering, making mistakes, but all the same doing it ourselves.
鈥淚t makes me proud not to be just an onlooker but to be taking part in my people鈥檚 heroic struggle for the future.鈥�
p. 69 "A poet has only one indispensable quality: whether he is simple or complicated, people must need him. Poetry, if it鈥檚 genuine, is not a racing car rushing senselessly around and around a closed track; it is an ambulance rushing to save someone.鈥� ~~ Kirsanov to Yevtushenko
p. 81 鈥淥f course Stalin never himself preached anti-Semitism as a theory, but the theory was inherent in his practice. Neither did Stalin in theory preach careerism, servility, spying, cruelty, bigotry, or hypocrisy. But these too were implicit in Stalin鈥檚 practice. This is why some people, such as the poet K, began to think and act in an anti-communist way though they regarded themselves as the most orthodox of Communists.
鈥淚 came to realize that those who speak in the name of communism but in reality pervert its meaning are among its most dangerous enemies, perhaps even more dangerous than its enemies in the West.鈥�
p. 89 鈥淩ussia鈥檚 poets were always fighters for the future of their country and for justice. Her poets helped Russia to think. Her poets helped Russia to struggle against her tyrants.鈥�
鈥淎fter Stalin鈥檚 death, when Russia was going through a very difficult moment of her inner life, I became convinced that I had no right to cultivate my private Japanese garden of poetry鈥�. To write only of nature or women or Weltschmerz at a time of hardship for your countrymen is almost amoral.
鈥淎nd it was a time of hardship for the Russians.鈥�
p. 112 鈥淥f course, I listened more than I spoke. Before you can have anything to say, you must learn to listen.鈥�
p. 115 鈥淚f, before, I felt a responsibility for my own country, I now felt a responsibility for the whole world. And so in every country I visited, instead of going to see the beautiful sights and historical monuments, I looked for men who were prepared to fight heart and soul against lies, the abuse of power, and the exploitation of man by man wherever they exist. And everywhere I found such men.鈥�
p. 116 鈥淭he struggle for the future.鈥�
p. 123-124 鈥淚n a caf茅 in Paris a student who did less than credit to his revolutionary forbears said to me: 鈥業n general I鈥檓 for socialism. But I鈥檇 rather wait until you get stores like the Galeries Lafayette in Moscow. After that I might consider fighting for socialism鈥�.鈥�
鈥淚 felt ashamed for this senile young man.鈥ㄢ€ㄢ€淲hat he wants is to have his future served to him on a silver platter, nicely cooked, brown outside and pink inside with a sprig of parsley; then perhaps he鈥檒l pick at it with his fork. We at least are making the future ourselves, doing without the barest necessities, suffering, making mistakes, but all the same doing it ourselves.
鈥淚t makes me proud not to be just an onlooker but to be taking part in my people鈥檚 heroic struggle for the future.鈥�
June 19, 2018
爻賷乇丞 鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇 賮賷 爻賳賵丕鬲賴 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 胤乇賷賯賴 賳丨賵 丕賱賳卮乇貙 賵丕賰鬲卮丕賮賴 賱賲丕 賷毓賳賷賴 丕賱卮毓乇 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴 賵賰賷賮 賷賰賵賳 卮毓乇賴 匕丕 賯賷賲丞. 賵賴賷 丕賷囟丕 乇丨賱鬲賴 賳丨賵 鬲卮賰賷賱 賵毓賷 賲爻鬲賯賱 賱丕 賷禺囟毓 賱賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱賯爻乇賷丞 賱賳馗丕賲 賯賲毓賷.
October 12, 2018
"When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie."
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevgeny could not be silent in front of Josef Stalin's tyranny. And his his friends accused him as anti-communism and anti-revolution. But nothing stopped him from telling what he believed.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevgeny could not be silent in front of Josef Stalin's tyranny. And his his friends accused him as anti-communism and anti-revolution. But nothing stopped him from telling what he believed.
January 21, 2018
's was published in 1963 at the height of the poet's popularity. He was at that time a kind of rock star. He gave poetry readings to audiences in the thousands. He was allowed to travel to foreign countries, where other poets were consigned to the Gulag.
I guess I think less of him because he was too careful to work within the system. After the fall of Communism, he was criticized for his adherence to the official line. Oh, he criticized it -- but within limits that toed the official line.
I guess I think less of him because he was too careful to work within the system. After the fall of Communism, he was criticized for his adherence to the official line. Oh, he criticized it -- but within limits that toed the official line.
November 29, 2009
I鈥檝e never read Yevtushenko鈥檚 work, so I can鈥檛 comment on his poetry; however, his autobiography is very, very good. I admit to crying multiple times, particularly in his depiction of Stalin鈥檚 funeral, however, it collapses toward the end, wherein Yevtushenko spends twenty pages being very smug, very self-congratulatory, and very, very arrogant. When he writes about the Russian people, he is incredibly moving; when he writes about himself, he just comes off like a pompous ass.
July 12, 2023
Stalinism was not just the cult of Stalin, it was the rule of a privileged bureaucracy (see 鈥楾he Revolution Betrayed鈥�). After the death of Stalin, the bureaucracy felt compelled to easy the massive repression, and allow a limited degree of freedom in the arts. During this democratic opening, Solzhenitsyn鈥檚 鈥淥ne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,鈥� relating what life was like in Stalin鈥檚 forced labor camps, and poems by Yevtushenko, such as his famous 鈥淏abi Yar,鈥� attacking Soviet anti-Semitism, were published.
I鈥檓 glad to see that there are a whole number of books of Yevtushenko鈥檚 poetry in print. This short but brilliant book, which caused the author problems back home gives you only a glimpse of the period of 鈥渄eStalinization鈥� and of the author. Hopefully someone is writing a full-length biography now, and hopefully it will be by someone wo has some understanding of the difference between communism and Stalinism.
Yevtushenko not only gave new life to poetry in the Soviet Union, with mass readings at universities and factories, telling youth what they had wanted to hear, but he played an important role as a spokesperson both for socialist democracy and for an internationalist outlook against the Russian chauvinism and 鈥渟ocialism in one country鈥� mentality.
Yevtushenko hated the bureaucratic privilege, and in a speech to a writers' congress held in Moscow in 1985 said, 鈥淎ny form of closed distribution of foods is morally impermissible, including the special coupons for souvenir kiosks that lie in the pocket of every delegate to this congress, myself ncluded.鈥� He spoke out against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, and he was also a firm supporter of the Cuban Revolution:
鈥溾€� upon this island, where
Lenin has been adopted by new kin,
in a similar but unlike figure,
Russia sees her own youth once again.鈥�
He was in Cuba in late 1961 during the period when the Fidelistas removed the Stalinist An铆bal Escalante from his role of organizational secretary of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations, predecessor of the Cuban Communist Party of today (see 鈥楧ynamics of the Cuban Revolution鈥� and 鈥楽elected Speeches of Fidel Castro鈥�).
While there were times when Yevtushenko kept his head down in order not to lose his right to publish publicly, he was not a capitulator. So many writers and other dissidents had to publish in handwritten copies (see 鈥楽amizdat鈥�).
In another tribute to Revolutionary Cuba and the fight against bureaucracy, in 1961 Yevtushenko wrote 鈥淭he Mozarts of Revolution.鈥�
I heed
the roar
of the street
with radiance,
with trepidation.
The music of revolution
is like music of the ocean.
All
is in music鈥檚
power.
惭耻蝉颈肠鈥�
is audacity,
And, like Mozart, inspired,
on the crest of the music is,
Castro.
The music raises on high
its waves infuriate.
鈥極breros鈥� and 鈥榗ampesinos鈥欌€�
are the best sons of the nation.
All of them are composers,
Mozarts of revolution.
The Mozarts of revolution,
have always their own
Salieris.
But the Mozarts鈥�
prove themselves stronger.
惭耻蝉颈肠鈥�
is for flight.
In music,
There鈥檚 nothing
profane.
If someone plays it falsely,
the music is not to blame.
Berets of olive-color,
Sombreros made of straw鈥�
this is no operetta
but the era鈥檚 oratorio!
The music of revolution
makes the blood
of many
run cold.
Chandeliers
overseas somewhere
clink
nervously
in the halls
What then?
are you none too pleased
by the thunder above your
heads?
You can not
deal with the music?
It will deal
with you
instead!
I do not wish for applause,
nor glory,
that passes so quickly,
I wish to remain to posterity,
if but as a single phrase,
part of the music
that鈥檚 sighting the foe,
of the stern,
of the incorruptible
of the very greatest music鈥�
the music of revolution!
And maybe successors will say
that, trusting in that music
wholly,
I have been of its Mozarts
and not of its Salieris.
I鈥檓 glad to see that there are a whole number of books of Yevtushenko鈥檚 poetry in print. This short but brilliant book, which caused the author problems back home gives you only a glimpse of the period of 鈥渄eStalinization鈥� and of the author. Hopefully someone is writing a full-length biography now, and hopefully it will be by someone wo has some understanding of the difference between communism and Stalinism.
Yevtushenko not only gave new life to poetry in the Soviet Union, with mass readings at universities and factories, telling youth what they had wanted to hear, but he played an important role as a spokesperson both for socialist democracy and for an internationalist outlook against the Russian chauvinism and 鈥渟ocialism in one country鈥� mentality.
Yevtushenko hated the bureaucratic privilege, and in a speech to a writers' congress held in Moscow in 1985 said, 鈥淎ny form of closed distribution of foods is morally impermissible, including the special coupons for souvenir kiosks that lie in the pocket of every delegate to this congress, myself ncluded.鈥� He spoke out against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, and he was also a firm supporter of the Cuban Revolution:
鈥溾€� upon this island, where
Lenin has been adopted by new kin,
in a similar but unlike figure,
Russia sees her own youth once again.鈥�
He was in Cuba in late 1961 during the period when the Fidelistas removed the Stalinist An铆bal Escalante from his role of organizational secretary of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations, predecessor of the Cuban Communist Party of today (see 鈥楧ynamics of the Cuban Revolution鈥� and 鈥楽elected Speeches of Fidel Castro鈥�).
While there were times when Yevtushenko kept his head down in order not to lose his right to publish publicly, he was not a capitulator. So many writers and other dissidents had to publish in handwritten copies (see 鈥楽amizdat鈥�).
In another tribute to Revolutionary Cuba and the fight against bureaucracy, in 1961 Yevtushenko wrote 鈥淭he Mozarts of Revolution.鈥�
I heed
the roar
of the street
with radiance,
with trepidation.
The music of revolution
is like music of the ocean.
All
is in music鈥檚
power.
惭耻蝉颈肠鈥�
is audacity,
And, like Mozart, inspired,
on the crest of the music is,
Castro.
The music raises on high
its waves infuriate.
鈥極breros鈥� and 鈥榗ampesinos鈥欌€�
are the best sons of the nation.
All of them are composers,
Mozarts of revolution.
The Mozarts of revolution,
have always their own
Salieris.
But the Mozarts鈥�
prove themselves stronger.
惭耻蝉颈肠鈥�
is for flight.
In music,
There鈥檚 nothing
profane.
If someone plays it falsely,
the music is not to blame.
Berets of olive-color,
Sombreros made of straw鈥�
this is no operetta
but the era鈥檚 oratorio!
The music of revolution
makes the blood
of many
run cold.
Chandeliers
overseas somewhere
clink
nervously
in the halls
What then?
are you none too pleased
by the thunder above your
heads?
You can not
deal with the music?
It will deal
with you
instead!
I do not wish for applause,
nor glory,
that passes so quickly,
I wish to remain to posterity,
if but as a single phrase,
part of the music
that鈥檚 sighting the foe,
of the stern,
of the incorruptible
of the very greatest music鈥�
the music of revolution!
And maybe successors will say
that, trusting in that music
wholly,
I have been of its Mozarts
and not of its Salieris.
September 2, 2020
Yevgeny Yevtushenko Admires Himself
Only in Russia is poetry respected 鈥�
it gets people killed. Is there anywhere else
where poetry is so common a motive for murder?
-attributed to Osip Mandelstam
Recently I finished a book only half-remembered from my youth, Yevtushenko鈥檚 A Precocious Autobiography.
I had no idea that a poet I had long admired was such a tosser. He claims to have been a championship table-tennis player, that he could have been a professional soccer player, that he mastered ju-jitsu and can beat anyone up and that he is afraid of nothing, that everyone failed to understand his brilliance as a poet while simultaneously admiring him for his brilliance, that the Soviets picked on him even while flying him all over the world to represent the Soviet Union and proudly assert his Communism, and that he who would later earn lots of money and own at least two homes airily disapproved of money like a good comrade.
A photograph in the book is labeled 鈥淵evtushenko and Galya at the home of the former Luftwaffe General Huebner鈥� but an admittedly quick search through the InterGossip does not indicate that there was any such person.
The famous and contradictory first line of his autobiography is 鈥淎 poet鈥檚 autobiography is his poetry.鈥�
Yevtushenko accuses Arthur Rimbaud of having been a slave trader when in fact there is no evidence for it (Rimbaud was certainly bad enough in other ways, including being an arms dealer). Yevtushenko also claims to be a sophisticated art critic and patronizes other cultures and peoples in unfortunate and sometimes offensive language. He faults Western nations for their failings (and fair enough) but ignores the seventy years of horror and mass executions and mass incarcerations and the genocidal mania of the Communist Revolution. Oh, and Lenin was a good fellow; Communism would have worked had not Stalin betrayed the Revolution.
And so it goes, for 124 self-serving pages.
Perhaps Yevtushenko鈥檚 most famous poem is 鈥淏abiy Yar鈥� (there are variant spellings in English even by Yevtushenko himself), admitting the Russian / Ukrainian silencing of the Nazi massacre of some 34,000 Jews in the Babi Yar ravine near Kiev in two days in 1941, with thousands of more Jews as well as Roma, prisoners of war, Russians accused of partisan activity, the mentally ill, and others. Possibly some 100,000 people were murdered there in the Nazi time, and there may have been Russian / Ukrainian compliance. After the war the Communists downplayed the Jewish focus. Yevtushenko is praised for his courage in bringing up the matter, but the reality is that he could not have published that poem without the permission of the Communist government, and perhaps on their orders.
In this short poem Yevtushenko refers to himself in first-person pronouns at least 27 times, making Babi Yar about himself.
Given all this, I recommend the book highly. Yes, it really is interesting, but as with the most gaseous old man in the corner down at the diner you can鈥檛 rely upon his veracity.
Beyond that, Yevtushenko鈥檚 poetry is fascinating. I have no Russian, and while the standard for Russian poetry is rhyming iambic tetrameter, I don鈥檛 know how he structured it, but the content is brilliant.
Also brilliant is his anthology, 20th Century Russian Poetry (he doesn鈥檛 neglect to give himself lots of space in it).
Yevtushenko admires himself, but, yes, there is much to admire.
Peace to you, Yevgeny, you old rascal; you鈥檒l always be one of my favorites.
Only in Russia is poetry respected 鈥�
it gets people killed. Is there anywhere else
where poetry is so common a motive for murder?
-attributed to Osip Mandelstam
Recently I finished a book only half-remembered from my youth, Yevtushenko鈥檚 A Precocious Autobiography.
I had no idea that a poet I had long admired was such a tosser. He claims to have been a championship table-tennis player, that he could have been a professional soccer player, that he mastered ju-jitsu and can beat anyone up and that he is afraid of nothing, that everyone failed to understand his brilliance as a poet while simultaneously admiring him for his brilliance, that the Soviets picked on him even while flying him all over the world to represent the Soviet Union and proudly assert his Communism, and that he who would later earn lots of money and own at least two homes airily disapproved of money like a good comrade.
A photograph in the book is labeled 鈥淵evtushenko and Galya at the home of the former Luftwaffe General Huebner鈥� but an admittedly quick search through the InterGossip does not indicate that there was any such person.
The famous and contradictory first line of his autobiography is 鈥淎 poet鈥檚 autobiography is his poetry.鈥�
Yevtushenko accuses Arthur Rimbaud of having been a slave trader when in fact there is no evidence for it (Rimbaud was certainly bad enough in other ways, including being an arms dealer). Yevtushenko also claims to be a sophisticated art critic and patronizes other cultures and peoples in unfortunate and sometimes offensive language. He faults Western nations for their failings (and fair enough) but ignores the seventy years of horror and mass executions and mass incarcerations and the genocidal mania of the Communist Revolution. Oh, and Lenin was a good fellow; Communism would have worked had not Stalin betrayed the Revolution.
And so it goes, for 124 self-serving pages.
Perhaps Yevtushenko鈥檚 most famous poem is 鈥淏abiy Yar鈥� (there are variant spellings in English even by Yevtushenko himself), admitting the Russian / Ukrainian silencing of the Nazi massacre of some 34,000 Jews in the Babi Yar ravine near Kiev in two days in 1941, with thousands of more Jews as well as Roma, prisoners of war, Russians accused of partisan activity, the mentally ill, and others. Possibly some 100,000 people were murdered there in the Nazi time, and there may have been Russian / Ukrainian compliance. After the war the Communists downplayed the Jewish focus. Yevtushenko is praised for his courage in bringing up the matter, but the reality is that he could not have published that poem without the permission of the Communist government, and perhaps on their orders.
In this short poem Yevtushenko refers to himself in first-person pronouns at least 27 times, making Babi Yar about himself.
Given all this, I recommend the book highly. Yes, it really is interesting, but as with the most gaseous old man in the corner down at the diner you can鈥檛 rely upon his veracity.
Beyond that, Yevtushenko鈥檚 poetry is fascinating. I have no Russian, and while the standard for Russian poetry is rhyming iambic tetrameter, I don鈥檛 know how he structured it, but the content is brilliant.
Also brilliant is his anthology, 20th Century Russian Poetry (he doesn鈥檛 neglect to give himself lots of space in it).
Yevtushenko admires himself, but, yes, there is much to admire.
Peace to you, Yevgeny, you old rascal; you鈥檒l always be one of my favorites.
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April 2, 2020Soviet Russian Poet, Writer, Journalist, Diplomat, Historian Yevgeny Yevtushenko's "A Precocious Autobiography" was published very early, in 1965. Yevtushenko's long work years with poetry, literature and philosophy brought a very rich life! In this early book, Yevtushenko writes his childhood and youth years when he lived in Soviet cities. Yevgeny Yevtushenko explains his poetry's sources in Soviet life in his "A Precocious Autobiography". Yevtushenko brought the very new thoughts, the very new poetical forms, the very new poetical philosophy to the Soviet Russian Poetry, in his book, Yevtushenko decribes his poetical work's development in the Soviet societies - the effects of the different Soviet nations' cultures, the Soviet education, the Soviet Communist Party, the Soviet international relations, the Soviet history.
October 14, 2023
鬲鬲卮丕亘賴 丕賱爻賷乇 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 丕賱乇賵爻賷丞 賮賷 鬲卮亘孬賴丕 亘丕賱兀賲賱 賮賷 睾丿 兀賮囟賱 貙 乇睾賲 賰賱 丕賱丿賷賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丕鬲 丕賱丨賰賵賲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賲乇鬲 毓賱賷賴賲 賵 賲丕夭丕賱鬲 貙 賲丕夭丕賱 丕賱卮毓亘 賷購丨丕賵賱 賵 賷購毓丕賳賷 賵 賷鬲禺亘胤 賱賷噩丿 賱賳賮爻賴 賲賰丕賳賸丕 亘賷賳 兀賵丕爻胤 丕賱賲孬賯賮賷賳 賵 丕賱賲亘丿毓賷賳 .
兀毓卮賯 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賵 丕賱爻賷乇 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 賮賴賷 鬲卮乇丨 賱賳丕 噩賵丕賳亘 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 兀氐丨丕亘賴丕 貙 賱賲 賳賰賳 賱賳毓乇賮 毓賳賴丕 賱賵賱丕 噩乇兀鬲賴賲 亘丕賱丨丿賷孬 賵 丕賱廿賮氐丕丨 毓賳 丕賱毓賯亘丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 兀丿鬲 賱禺乇賵噩賴賲 賲賳 賰亘丿 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞.
賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 賳卮兀丞 賷賮睾賷賳賷 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵 (18 賷賵賱賷賵 1932賲 - 1 兀亘乇賷賱 2017賲)貙 乇賵丕卅賷 賵 卮丕毓乇 賵 賰丕鬲亘 爻賷賳丕乇賷賵 乇賵爻賷 賲賳 兀氐賱 兀賵賰乇丕賳賷. 亘丿兀 賳卮丕胤賴 亘賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱卮毓乇 賮賷 毓丕賲 1949賲 貙 孬賲 賮賷 毓丕賲 1952賲 兀氐丿乇 兀賵賱 賰鬲丕亘 賱賴 亘毓賳賵丕賳 "賰卮丕賮丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱"貙 兀氐亘丨 兀氐睾乇 毓囟賵 賮賷 丕鬲丨丕丿 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賷 丕賱丕鬲丨丕丿 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲賷. 丕賳鬲賯賱 爻賳丞 1991賲 賱賱毓賷卮 賮賷 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 賵 鬲賵賮賷 賴購賳丕賰 .
爻賷乇鬲賴 賴購賳丕 賱賷爻鬲 賱賰賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 賱賰賳 賵賱丕丿鬲賴 賵 賳卮兀鬲賴 賵 亘丿丕賷丕鬲賴 廿賱賶 賲丕 亘毓丿 丨賰賲 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 亘賮鬲乇丞 賯氐賷乇丞 貙 鬲毓乇賮賴 毓賱賶 夭賵噩鬲賴 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘賷賱丕 兀禺賲丕丿賵賱賷賳丕.
猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍1/2 賱賭賭 丕賱乇丕亘毓 賵賻 丕賱爻鬲賷賳 賲賳 賰購鬲購亘賿 2023
兀毓卮賯 丕賱賲匕賰乇丕鬲 賵 丕賱爻賷乇 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 賮賴賷 鬲卮乇丨 賱賳丕 噩賵丕賳亘 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 兀氐丨丕亘賴丕 貙 賱賲 賳賰賳 賱賳毓乇賮 毓賳賴丕 賱賵賱丕 噩乇兀鬲賴賲 亘丕賱丨丿賷孬 賵 丕賱廿賮氐丕丨 毓賳 丕賱毓賯亘丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 兀丿鬲 賱禺乇賵噩賴賲 賲賳 賰亘丿 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞.
賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 賳卮兀丞 賷賮睾賷賳賷 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵 (18 賷賵賱賷賵 1932賲 - 1 兀亘乇賷賱 2017賲)貙 乇賵丕卅賷 賵 卮丕毓乇 賵 賰丕鬲亘 爻賷賳丕乇賷賵 乇賵爻賷 賲賳 兀氐賱 兀賵賰乇丕賳賷. 亘丿兀 賳卮丕胤賴 亘賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱卮毓乇 賮賷 毓丕賲 1949賲 貙 孬賲 賮賷 毓丕賲 1952賲 兀氐丿乇 兀賵賱 賰鬲丕亘 賱賴 亘毓賳賵丕賳 "賰卮丕賮丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱"貙 兀氐亘丨 兀氐睾乇 毓囟賵 賮賷 丕鬲丨丕丿 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賷 丕賱丕鬲丨丕丿 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲賷. 丕賳鬲賯賱 爻賳丞 1991賲 賱賱毓賷卮 賮賷 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 賵 鬲賵賮賷 賴購賳丕賰 .
爻賷乇鬲賴 賴購賳丕 賱賷爻鬲 賱賰賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 賱賰賳 賵賱丕丿鬲賴 賵 賳卮兀鬲賴 賵 亘丿丕賷丕鬲賴 廿賱賶 賲丕 亘毓丿 丨賰賲 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 亘賮鬲乇丞 賯氐賷乇丞 貙 鬲毓乇賮賴 毓賱賶 夭賵噩鬲賴 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘賷賱丕 兀禺賲丕丿賵賱賷賳丕.
猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍1/2 賱賭賭 丕賱乇丕亘毓 賵賻 丕賱爻鬲賷賳 賲賳 賰購鬲購亘賿 2023
January 13, 2024
An interesting first-person narrative, obviously idealized. Surprisingly touching. In retrospect, totally tragic: he expressed an ardent belief in a just world for all that I imagine could not have survived into his old age. (I think Evtushenko died in the 2010's.)
May 19, 2017
Trite and self-congratulatory.
May 28, 2019
賱匕賱賰 兀丨亘 丕賱爻賷乇 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞貙 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲囟賷賮 賱賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇
毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷乇丞 睾賷乇 賲賰鬲賲賱丞 賵賱卮丕毓乇 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 賳賯賱鬲 賱賳丕 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 鬲丨丿賷丕鬲 賵賵丕賯毓 賷賱丕賲爻 兀賷 卮禺氐
毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷乇丞 睾賷乇 賲賰鬲賲賱丞 賵賱卮丕毓乇 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 賳賯賱鬲 賱賳丕 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 鬲丨丿賷丕鬲 賵賵丕賯毓 賷賱丕賲爻 兀賷 卮禺氐
August 31, 2019
Interesting tale from the Soviet.
August 13, 2020
Be a revolutionary.
April 10, 2021
A beautifully written memoir about the power of poetry to change individuals and impact on a nation grappling with the legacy of Stalin. Fascinating.
April 14, 2023
Interesante y muy brutal por momentos.
November 15, 2024
Que registo genial!! 鈾ワ笍
April 30, 2024
兀賲鬲毓賳賷 鬲賲丕賲丕賸.
December 27, 2017
Full of strident wisdom, which, whilst excellent at face value, is also interesting in the light of Yevtushenko鈥檚 reputation as a politics/poetry tightrope walker.
September 7, 2016
A friend of mine introduced me to Yevteshenko in 1976. I love his poetry, so I thought it would be interesting to read about his early life. For such a short read, the full flavor of the Soviet people washed over me in his prose. I learned that Russian poets are more than poets, they are the political barometers of a civilization. Russian poets write for the people. They mirror pain and suffering and joy and revolution. They give people hope for a better world. I forgot how much I enjoyed his poetry in a time when I needed support. I need to read about his current life to see how Yevteshenko's perspective has changed, if at all.
September 6, 2015
丕賰鬲亘 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賮賯胤
October 30, 2015
Uno de los mejores libros que he le铆do. Definitivamente un libro majestuoso que vale la pena incluirlo en tu vida.
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April 28, 2018
爻賷乇丞 賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 賱卮丕毓乇 乇賵爻賷 賲卮賴賵乇 賵賱丿 賮賷 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷賳賷丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 賵 毓丕氐乇 賮鬲乇丞 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 賵 賲丕 亘毓丿賴丕 丨賷賳 賰卮賮 丕賱丨夭亘 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 丕賱賳賯丕亘 毓賳 丕賱噩乇丕卅賲 丕賱鬲賷 丨氐賱鬲 禺賱丕賱 賮鬲乇丞 丨賰賲賴. 賰鬲亘 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵 毓賳 丕賱賮鬲乇鬲賷賳 賵 卮乇丨 賱賳丕 賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴 賲賳 賯亘賵賱 賮賰乇丞 兀賳 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 丕賱匕賷 賷丐賱賴賴 丕賱卮毓亘 馗丕賱賲. 賷丐賰丿 賱賳丕 賷賮鬲賵卮賷賳賰賵 廿賷賲丕賳賴 亘丕賱孬賵乇丞 賵 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱爻丕賲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯丕賲鬲 賲賳 兀噩賱賴丕 禺賱丕賱 賲乇丕丨賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮賴. 賰匕賱賰 賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 兀賴賲賷丞 丕賱卮毓乇 賱賱丕賳爻丕賳 丕賱乇賵爻賷 賵 賲爻丐賵賱賷丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇 賮賷 賯賵賱 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵 丕賱賲氐丕毓亘 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賰亘丿賴丕 丕賱卮毓乇丕亍 丕賱匕賷賳 丨賲賱賵丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲爻丐賵賱賷丞.
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November 3, 2018Read (actually listened, for the most part) in a day. I think it's the fastest I've ever finished a book without drawings.
It was a mandatory reading for my Russian History course; we have to make an assignment using this biography as source. Wish me luck, it's due next week!
Yevtushenko wrote this at the age of 33, and his retelling seem to stop in his mid to late 20s. It's a short biography, he talks about his childhood between Siberia and Moscow and how he discovered his passion for writing, and all throghout the book he talks about his compromise with the communist cause and how the image of Stalin changed for him and for the Russian people.
I would like to think what he thought about his own autobiography in his latest years.
It was a mandatory reading for my Russian History course; we have to make an assignment using this biography as source. Wish me luck, it's due next week!
Yevtushenko wrote this at the age of 33, and his retelling seem to stop in his mid to late 20s. It's a short biography, he talks about his childhood between Siberia and Moscow and how he discovered his passion for writing, and all throghout the book he talks about his compromise with the communist cause and how the image of Stalin changed for him and for the Russian people.
I would like to think what he thought about his own autobiography in his latest years.
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