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YEVTUSHENKO, Yevgeny<\/div>\n

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\u201cA poet\u2019s autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can be only a footnote.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Yevgeny Yevtushenko<\/strong>, Russian author, poet & educator<\/p>\n

A Precocious Autobiography<\/em> (1 January 1963) trans. Andrew R. MacAndrew, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 11<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Autobiography]:<\/p>\n

\u201cA poet\u2019s autobiography is his poetry.<\/span> Anything else can be only a footnote. A poet is a poet only when the reader sees him whole with all his feelings, all his thoughts, and all his actions, as if the reader held him in the hollow of his hand. To be entitled to write with merciless truth about others, the poet must be mercilessly truthful when he writes about himself.\u201d (p. 11)<\/p>\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Library \u2013 A Precocious Autobiography<\/em> (1963) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 804721660<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cA<\/strong>ll values in this world are more or less questionable, but the most important thing in life is human kindness.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Yevgeny Yevtushenko<\/strong>, Russian author, poet & educator<\/p>\n

A Precocious Autobiography<\/em> (1 January 1963) trans. Andrew R. MacAndrew, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 49<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Autobiography] \u201cThat day I found out that all values in this world are more or less questionable, but that the most important thing in life is human kindness<\/span>.\u201d (p. 49)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ID” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0Library \u2013 A Precocious Autobiography<\/em> (1963) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 804721660<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cBe equal to your talent, not your age.<\/p>\n

At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Yevgeny Yevtushenko<\/strong>, Russian author, poet & educator<\/p>\n

\u201cOthers May Judge You\u201d (c.1953-1965) The Poetry of Yevgeny\u00a0<\/em>Yevtushenko 1953 to 1965<\/em>, trans. & ed. George Reavey, New York, NY: October House, 1965, p. 23<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Poem]\n

\u201cListen to them,<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but take no heed.<\/p>\n

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Be equal to your talent, not your age.<\/span><\/p>\n

At times let the gap between them be embarrassing<\/span><\/p>\n

Fear not<\/p>\n

to be young, precocious.\u201d (p. 23)<\/p>\n

Russian text note<\/em><\/strong>: The original Russian text is available alongside the English translation in this edition of The Poetry of YevgenyYevtushenko 1953 to 1965<\/em>. The book can be accessed online via Open Library [free subscription service], openlibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ID” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library – The Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko 1953 to 1965<\/em> (1965) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No.639977174<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cE<\/strong>nvy is an insult to oneself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Yevgeny Yevtushenko<\/strong>, Russian author, poet & educator<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople Were Laughing Behind a Wall\u201d (c.1953-1965) The Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko 1953 to 1965<\/em>, trans. & ed. George Reavey, New York, NY: October House, 1965, p. 183<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Poem]\n

\u201cExistence is an equilibrium of sorts.<\/p>\n

A show of envy is an insult to oneself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another\u2019s happiness with expiate<\/p>\n

for any misfortune you might suffer.\u201d (p. 183)<\/p>\n

Russian text note<\/em><\/strong>: The original Russian text is available alongside the English translation in this edition of The Poetry of YevgenyY evtushenko 1953 to 1965<\/em>. The book can be accessed online via Open Library [free subscription service], openlibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ID” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library – The Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko 1953 to 1965<\/em> (1965) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No.639977174<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cSomeone is near. I feel it. Someone always has to be the leader of a generation. Someone has to be born. Why not one of you?\u201d<\/p>\n

~<\/span>Yevgeny Yevtushenko<\/strong>, Russian author, poet & educator<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking to students in a University of Tulsa poetry class (December 2003) Tulsa, Oklahoma; cited in \u201cA Russian Poet Steeped in America,\u201d Stephen Kinzer, The New York Times<\/em>, 11 December 2003, New York, NY: New York Times Co.; online via The NewYork Times [subscription service] www.nytimes.com<\/a> [original print page number not provided in online edition]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Speaking to a class of University of Oklahoma students in Tulsa]:<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore dismissing his students for their holiday break, he urged them to remember that each individual has the potential to shape history. \u201cSomeone is near,<\/span>\u201d he said, pausing for effect as he searched the room with his piercing, deep-set eyes. \u201cI feel it. Someone always has to be the leader of a generation. Someone has to be born. Why not one of you?<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cA Russian Poet Steeped in America\u201d (11 December 2003) The New York Times archives [subscription service]: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/12\/11\/books\/a-russian-poet-steeped-in-america.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cTulsa is the bellybutton of world culture.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Yevgeny Yevtushenko<\/strong>, Russian author, poet & educator<\/p>\n

Paraphrase<\/strong><\/span> of a comment about his adopted home, in \u201cA Russian Poet Steeped in America\u201d (11 December 2003) Interview at University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Stephen Kinzer, The New York Times<\/em>, 11 December 2003, New York, NY: New York Times Co.; online via The New York Times [subscription service] www.nytimes.com<\/a> [NYT print edition page number not provided in online edition. Please click our “Context” link to view Yevtushenko’s original quote.]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Referring to Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez]: \u201cIn a conversation later, Mr. Yevtushenko said he admired many American writers, but sees none with the stature of Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez. (\u201cEveryone is reading him now, even maybe in the bellybutton of world culture that is Tulsa.<\/span>\u201d).\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ID” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5486b-50b8″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cA Russian Poet Steeped in America\u201d (11 December 2003) The New York Times archives [subscription service]: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/12\/11\/books\/a-russian-poet-steeped-in-america.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Yevgeny Yevtushenko\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n