Yevtushenko

Selected Poems

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Robin Milner-Gulland, Peter Levi , Robin Milner-Gulland

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English

Penguin
26 June 2008

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Penguin Black Classics

A new Black Classics edition of poetry by one the best-known poets of the post-Stalin period

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.

By: Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Introduction by: Robin Milner-Gulland
Translated by: Robin Milner-Gulland, Peter Levi, Peter Levi
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 78g
ISBN: 9780140424775
ISBN 10: 0140424776
Pages: 596
Publication Date: 26 June 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Yevtushenko: Selected Poems

?A literary colossus.? ? The Economist ?The Soviet superbard.? ? Time ?These poems beat and tumble and thrash with life.? ? The Daily Telegraph (London)