I, Evgeny Yevtushenko, am a Siberian and was born at Zima station, which I talked about in my poems...

I am grateful to the Working Class, which helped me become a poet.

The working class cannot be abolished by any privatization. It was the working class of Bratsk that defended my poem “Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station”, which was banned by the Secretary of the Central Committee Ilyichev...

Are you asking which of the new poets in Russia today can be considered a poet with a capital letter? There are names. For example, Alexander Gray-Birkin. Of course, he should be more modest on the Internet. This is the main name that I can highlight in epochal terms today. His poems have a lot of energy and colors. There are also names... Let's not talk about names further... The future of world poetry. I’ll tell you and everyone this – POETRY will always be there. I know what I'm talking about...

Here is my biography, made by someone and posted on the Internet and quite correct.

Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko- Russian poet, prose writer, director, screenwriter, publicist and actor. His photographs are also known; he exhibited his photo exhibition “Invisible Threads”.

Evgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko was born July 18, 1932, in the village of Zima, Irkutsk region (according to some sources, he was born in Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk region). At birth his name was Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Gangnus. The year of his birth was recorded as 1933, so as not to receive a pass, which he was required to have at the age of 12. His father, Alexander Rudolfovich Gangnus (Baltic German by origin) (1910-1976) was a geologist and amateur poet. Mother - Zinaida Ermolaevna Yevtushenko (1910-2002) was a geologist and actress. She had the title "Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR".

Evgeniy began publishing in 1949, his first poem was published in the newspaper “Soviet Sport”. In 1951 - 1554 he studied at the Literary Institute named after Maxim Gorky, but was expelled from it with the mark “disciplinary sanctions”, and also for supporting the novel “Not by Bread Alone” by Vladimir Dmitrievich Dudintsev (1918-1998).

The first published collection of poems was “Scouts of the Future” (1952), then the collections “Highway of Enthusiasts” (1956), “Promise” (1957), “Poems of Different Years” (1959), “Wave of the Hand” (1962), “Tenderness” were published "(1962), "Communication Boat" (1966), "White Snows Are Falling" (1969) and others, poems "Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station" (1965), "Kazan University" (1970); numerous publications in magazines and newspapers.

In the best poems and poems of Evgeniy Alexandrovich, the desire to comprehend the spirit of modernity is expressed with great force. They are dominated by acutely civic motives. Trips around the Soviet Union and foreign countries enriched the poet’s poetry with new themes and impressions. The work of Yevgeny Yevtushenko attracted the attention of composers, including Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich (“13th Symphony”, “Execution of Stepan Razin”). And his works have been translated into many foreign languages. Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.

Yevtushenko’s stage performances have become famous: he successfully reads his own works. He has released several discs and audiobooks in his own performance: “Berry Places”, “Dove in Santiago” and others.

He took part in evenings in the Great Auditorium of the Polytechnic Museum together with Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina, Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava and other poets of the 1960s wave.

Yevtushenko family

At E.A. Yevtushenko 5 sons, his wives were:

• Isabella (Bella) Akhatovna Akhmadulina, poetess (married since 1954);
• Galina Semyonovna Sokol-Lukonina (married since 1961), son Peter;
• Jan Butler, Irish, his passionate fan (married since 1978), sons Alexander and Anton;
• Maria Vladimirovna Novikova (b. 1962), married since 1987, sons Evgeniy and Dmitry.

Positions held by Evgeny Yevtushenko

• From 1986 to 1991 - Secretary of the Board of the Union of Writers of the USSR.
• Since December 1991 - Secretary of the Board of the Commonwealth of Writers' Unions.
• Since 1989 - co-chairman of the April writers' association.
• Since 1988 - member of the Memorial Society.
• On May 14, 1989, with a huge margin, having received 19 times more votes than the nearest candidate, he was elected as a people's deputy of the USSR from the Dzerzhinsky territorial electoral district of the city of Kharkov and remained so until the end of the existence of the USSR.

In 1991, having concluded a contract with the American University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, E.A. Yevtushenko left with his family to teach in the USA, where he currently lives.

Poets Yevtushenko

• "Station Winter" (1953-1956);
• "Babi Yar" (1961);
• "Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station" (1965);
• "Pushkin Pass" (1965);
• "Bullfight" (1967);
• "Under the Skin of the Statue of Liberty", (1968);
• "Kazan University", (1970)
• "Snow in Tokyo", (1974);
• “Ivanovo chintz”, (1976);
• "Northern Surcharge", (1977);
• "Dove in Santiago", (1974-1978);
• “Nonpryadva”, (1980);
• "Mom and the Neutron Bomb", (1982);
• "Distant Relative" (1984);
• "Fuku!" (1985);
• "Thirteen" (1996);
• “Full Growth” (1969-2000);
• "Glade" (1975-2000).

Collections of poems

• "The Third Snow" (1955);
• "Highway Enthusiasts" (1956);
• "The Promise" (1957);
• "Scouts of the Future" (1952);
• "Wave of the Hand" (1962);
• "Tenderness" (1962);
• "Communication Boat" (1966);
• “White Snow is Falling” (1969);
• "The Singing Dam" (1972);
• "Intimate Lyrics" (1973);
• "Morning People" (1978);
• "Father's Rumor" (1978);
• "Poems" (1987);
• “I will break through into the twenty-first century...” (2001);
• “Window Looks Out on White Trees” (2007);
• "Russian anthem ";
• “My Football Games” (1969-2009);
• "Happiness and Retribution" (2012).

Novels

• "Berry Places" (1982);
• "Don't Die Before You Die" (1991-1993).

Stories

• “Pearl Harbor” (“We Try Harder”) (1967);
• "Ardabiola" (1981).

Journalism

• "Notes to an Autobiography" (circa 1970) - manuscript, circulated in samizdat.
• “Talent is a non-random miracle” (1980) - a book of critical articles.
• "Tomorrow's Wind" M.: Pravda, 1987. - 480 pp.; ill.
• "Politics is everyone's privilege." Book of journalism. M.: APN, 1990. - 624 pp.; ill. - ISBN 5-7020-0048-X.

Memoirs

• Wolf passport. M.: Vagrius, 1998. - 576 p. - ISBN 5-7027-0574-2 (“My 20th century”).
• Six-trooper: Memoir prose. M.: AST; Zebra, 2006. - ISBN 978-5-17-049370-8; ISBN 978-5-17-047584-1; ISBN 978-5-94663-339-0; ISBN 978-5-94663-528-8
• I came to you, Babi Yar... M.: Text, 2012. - 142 p.

Anthology

• “Strophes of the Century” (1993 - in English, USA; 1995 - Russian edition) - an anthology of Russian poetry of the 20th century.

Academic music

• “13th Symphony” by Dmitry Shostakovich (Symphony No. 13 in b-moll “Babyn Yar”, op. 113 in five movements, for bass, bass choir and orchestra; premiered on December 18, 1962, in Moscow, in the Great Hall of the Conservatory; Spanish: V. Gromadsky (bass), State Choir and Gnessin Institute Choir, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor K. Kondrashin);
• Cantata (oratorio) “The Execution of Stepan Razin” by Dmitry Shostakovich uses poems by Yevtushenko (1965).
• Rock opera “White Snow is Falling...” (2007).

Songs

• “And it’s snowing” (Andrey Yakovlevich Eshpai) (from the film “Dima Gorin’s Career”) - performers: Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya, Zhanna Aguzarova;
• “God willing” (Raymond Voldemarovich Pauls) - Spanish. Alexander Nikolaevich Malinin;
• “No Years” (Sergei Yakovlevich Nikitin);
• “Motherland” (Boris Mikhailovich Terentyev) - Spanish. VIA "Blue Bird";
• “Crying for a brother” (Sergei Nikitin);
• “Spell” (E. Horovets) - Spanish. Emil Horovets;
• “Crying for a communal apartment” (Louise Khmelnitskaya) - Spanish. Gelena Martselievna Velikanova, Joseph Davydovich Kobzon;
• “Alder Earring” (Evgeny Pavlovich Krylatov) (from the film “And It’s All About Him”) - Spanish. Gennady Trofimov, Eduard Anatolyevich Khil;
• “Envy” (V. Makhlyankin) - Spanish. Valentin Nikulin;
• “This is what is happening to me” (dedicated to Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina) (Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev) - Spanish. Sergey Nikitin;
• “Your traces” (Arno Harutyunovich Babajanyan) - Spanish. Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina, Sofia Mikhailovna Rotaru;
• “Romance” (E. Horovets) - Spanish. Emil Horovets;
• “Ferris Wheel” (Arno Babajanyan) - Spanish. Muslim Magometovich Magomaev;
• “When the bells ring” (V. Pleshak) - Spanish. Eduard Khil;
• “Steps” (Evgeny Krylatov) (from the film “And It’s All About Him”) - Spanish. Gennady Trofimov;
• “Child is a villain” (group “Dialogue”) - Spanish. Kim Breitburg (gr. “Dialogue”;
• “What does love know about love” (A. Eshpai) - Spanish. Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko;
• “Professor” (group “Dialogue”) - Spanish. Kim Breitburg (Dialogue group);
• “Don't rush” (A. Babajanyan) - Spanish. Muslim Magomaev, Anna German;
• “By the Sea” (B. Emelyanov) - Spanish. Vakhtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze;
• “Old Friend” (Igor Yuryevich Nikolaev) - Spanish. Alexander Kalyanov;
• "Wallet" (Brandon Stone);
• “There’s always a woman’s hand” (Brandon Stone);
• “When Your Face Came Up” (Brandon Stone);
• “Will the clover field make noise” (Evgeny Pavlovich Krylatov) - Spanish. Eduard Khil;
• “Love is the child of the planet” (David Fedorovich Tukhmanov) - Spanish. VIA “Jolly Guys”;
• “Save and preserve” (E. Krylatov) - Spanish. Valentina Vasilievna Tolkunova;
• “And the snow will fall” (dedicated to Claudia Ivanovna Shulzhenko) (D. Tukhmanov) - Spanish. Muslim Magomaev;
• “Like a hollow ear” (V. Makhlyankin) - Spanish. Valentin Nikulin;
• “Let me hope” (A. Babajanyan) - Spanish. Vladimir Popkov;
• “You are leaving like a train” (Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiev) - Spanish. VIA “Singing Guitars”;
• “No need to be afraid” (E. Krylatov) - Spanish. Gennady Trofimov;
• “The Ballad of the Fishing Village of Ayu” (Yuri Sergeevich Saulsky) - Spanish. Alexander Borisovich Gradsky;
• “I understood something in this life” (E. Horovets) - Spanish. Emil Horovets;
• “I stopped loving you” (V. Makhlyankin) - Spanish. Valentin Nikulin;
• “Ballad of Friendship” (E. Krylatov);
• “Spell” (Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok) - Spanish. Victor Vujacic;
• “When a man is forty years old” (I. Nikolaev) - Spanish. Alexander Kalyanov;
• “My Song” (E. Krylatov) - Spanish. Gennady Trofimov;
• “Darling, sleep” (D. Tukhmanov) - Spanish. Valery Vladimirovich Obodzinsky, Leonid Berger (VIA “Jolly Fellows”);
• “My beloved is leaving” (V. Makhlyankin) - Spanish. Valentin Nikulin;
• “Confession” (Yu. Saulsky) - Spanish. Sofia Rotaru, Ksenia Georgiadi;
• “Our difficult Soviet man” (A. Babajanyan) - Spanish. Georg Ots, Muslim Magomaev;
• “I am a citizen of the Soviet Union” (D. Tukhmanov) - Spanish. Muslim Magomaev;
• “Even with every effort” (A. Pugacheva) - Spanish. Alla Borisovna Pugacheva;
• “I want to bring it” (E. Krylatov) - Spanish. Gennady Trofimov;
• “The fresh smell of linden trees” (I. Nikolaev) - Spanish. Alexander Kalyanov;
• “There are no uninteresting people in the world” (V. Makhlyankin) - Spanish. Valentin Nikulin;
• “Dolphins” (Yu. Saulsky) - Spanish. VIA "Watercolors";
• “When a man betrays a man” (E. Krylatov) - Spanish. Gennady Trofimov;
• “Til” (Andrey Pavlovich Petrov) - Spanish. Eduard Khil;
• “Under the creaking, weeping willow” (G. Movsesyan) - Spanish. Georgy Movsesyan;
• “Nobody’s” (Yu. Saulsky) - Spanish. Zaur Tutov, Alexander Gradsky;
• “You will love me” (N. Martynov) - Spanish. Victor Krivonos;
• “I love you more than nature” (I. Dubtsova) - Spanish. Irina Dubtsova.

Songs by Evgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko to music by Eduard Savelyevich Kolmanovsky

• “The river runs by”...oh, I have enough gentlemen, but I don’t have good love... (Eduard Kolmanovsky) - Spanish. Lyudmila Zykina, Lyudmila Senchina;
• “Sooner or later” - Spanish. Vladimir Troshin;
• “Murderers walk the earth” - Spanish. Arthur Eisen, Mark Naumovich Bernes, Alexandrov Ensemble;
• “Comrade Guitar” - Spanish. Klavdiya Shulzhenko;
• “Long farewell” - Spanish. Lev Valeryanovich Leshchenko;
• "Ancient tango" - Spanish. Vitaly Markov, Joseph Kobzon;
• “My Motherland” - Spanish. Lyudmila Zykina;
• “Waltz about Waltz” - Spanish. Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko, Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya;
• “Do Russians want war?” (dedicated to Mark Bernes) - Spanish. Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyaev, Mark Naumovich Bernes, Vadim Lvovich Ruslanov;
• “White snow is falling” - Spanish. Gelena Velikanova, V. Troshin;
• “Am I really mortal” (S. Nikitin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky).

Filmography

• 1964 - “I am Cuba”, director Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (Kalatozishvili)) :: Yevtushenko - scriptwriter;
• 1965 - “Ilyich's Outpost”, directed by Marlen Martynovich Khutsiev:: Yevtushenko appears in a documentary insert about a poetry evening at the Polytechnic Museum;
• 1970 - “Literary

One of the greatest personalities who lived in the past and in this century, undoubtedly, is Yevgeny Yevtushenko. His multifaceted talent led to the fact that Yevgeny Yevtushenko himself, his biography, personal life, wives, children and photos became of interest to admirers of his work.

The real name of the hero is Evgeniy Gangnus. He was born in 1932 on July 18 in a Siberian village. From early childhood, the boy was haunted by drastic changes. It started with the fact that his mother Zinaida changed the surname she received in marriage to her maiden name and gave it to her son.

Evgeniy Yevtushenko

The surname Gangnus belonged to the child's father. He was a Baltic with German roots. After this, the year of birth of little Zhenya was changed in the children’s metric to 1933. In this way, the child’s mother tried to minimize the difficulties that arose with documents for evacuation to the Second World War.

The boy's fate was determined by his birth into a family of artists. Zhenya’s mother was an honored cultural figure and actress. My father composed poetry at an amateur level. Therefore, the love of reading and history was instilled in the child from childhood. Already at the age of six, the child learned the basics of literacy. The boy's favorite books were not at all for children: Flaubert, Dumas, Cervantes, Guy de Maupassant.

In 1944, Zhenya faced new challenges: his move to Moscow was marked by his father leaving the family for his mistress. Alexander Rudolfovich did not stop taking an active part in the cultural growth of his son. He also tried to give the child more in-depth knowledge in the field of literature.

The great writer and poet Evgeny Yevtushenko

By that time, Yevtushenko was already studying in a poetry club at the House of Pioneers. The father often took the boy to poetry meetings at the Moscow State University. Evgeny had the opportunity to attend creative performances by A. Akhmatova, B. Pasternak, A. Tvardovsky and other masters of words.

People of art also often gathered at Evgeniy’s house. The boy's mother invited actors, poets and writers to visit. V. Sokolov, B. Akhmadulina, E. Vinokurov, M. Roshchin and others visited here.

Such an environment led to the fact that the young talent began to compose himself at an early age. The results of his work were first published in the publication “Soviet Sport” in 1949.

The young man began studying at the Literary University in 1951, but was soon expelled due to systematic absences from classes. This was the official version. In fact, Eugene was inclined to publicly express his point of view, which was at odds with the ideology of that era. Already at that time it was clear that as the years passed, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, his biography, personal life, wives and children would become curious to the general public. The hero still received his education document, but this happened much later in 2001.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko in childhood

Despite the lack of education, the young man showed remarkable talent and quickly gained popularity among his community. In 1952, the debut collection of poems entitled “Scouts of the Future” went into print. It consisted of bravura appeals and pathetic poems. Real poetry saw the light a little later in the form of the poems “Wagon” and “Before the Meeting”. After this, the young poet was accepted into the Writers' Union. At twenty years old, he was the youngest member of the community.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko in his youth

Already at such an early age, Evgeniy was honored to read poetry together with Bella Akhmadulina, Bulat Okudzhava and Robert Rozhdestvensky.

At this time, his best creations were:

• "Poems of different years";
• "The Third Snow"
• "Apple".

Yevgeny Yevtushenko in his youth

Other types of creative activity of the poet

The range of areas where Evgeny Yevtushenko’s talents can be used is wide. He showed himself in music, prose, and cinema. Among the works in prose there are many masterpieces that readers immediately fell in love with. The author’s very first such work was “The Fourth Meshchanskaya”. It was published in 1959 on the pages of the regular publication “Youth”. The next story was “The Chicken God.” The first novel, entitled “Berry Places,” was published in 1982. Eleven years passed between the first major works. The second novel is called "Don't Die Before You Die."

Evgeny Yevtushenko on stage

The beginning of the nineties was marked by a move to the United States. At this time, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, his biography, personal life, wives, children and photos were already entertaining information for fans of his talent. In America, the hero gave lectures on Russian poetry. In addition, he released several other works.

In 2012, the work “Happiness and Reckoning” was published, followed by “I Can’t Say Goodbye.” To summarize briefly, he wrote more than thirteen dozen books, many of which were translated into seventy languages.

Evgeny Yevtushenko took part in poetry evenings

Thanks to his talent and hard work, Yevtushenko received a number of awards. The original sign of admiration for the talent of the master Slava was the name of the planet, which she received in honor of Yevgeny Yevtushenko.

Also, the talent of the great man received a lot of symbols of recognition of his activities abroad from foreign organizations.

Yevtushenko's creativity in music and cinema

The work of Evgeniy Alexandrovich has become inspiring for some representatives of other creative professions. Also thanks to them, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, his biography, personal life, wives and children became even more interesting to the public.

On the basis of one of the poems, composer Dmitry Shostakovich created the famous thirteenth symphony. Among the composers with whom the author also collaborated were Yuliy Saulsky, Evgeny Krylatsky, and Eduard Kolmanovsky. Yevtushenko’s poems, set to music, turned into hits: “And it’s snowing,” “Motherland,” “When the bells ring.” It is worth noting that the rock operas “The Execution of Stepan Razin” and “The White Snows Are Coming” were also created based on the author’s poems.

Evgeny Yevtushenko as scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

In tandem with Enrique Pineda, Barnet Yevtushenko wrote the script for the film “I-Cuba”. The film was released in 1964. The hero adorned the film “Take Off” with his performance in the title role. This film was first shown in 1979.

Evgeniy Aleksandrovich’s credits include the film “Kindergarten,” in which he acted as a screenwriter. There he played a supporting role. His directorial experience was working on the film “Stalin's Funeral” in 1990. He wrote the script for this film himself.

Evgeny Yevtushenko with friends on vacation

Wives and children of Yevgeny Yevtushenko

The family life of Evgeniy Alexandrovich was bright and full of events. He was married four times. The first union with Bella Akhmadulina took place in 1954, but did not last long. According to Yevtushenko himself, he and his wife had different views on many issues. Including poetry. The woman, without further ado, pointed out the already accomplished poet’s shortcomings. Evgeniy Aleksandrovich said that in all his marriages, his wives were the harshest and at the same time the author’s main critics of his works. In the case of Akhmadulina, the poet did not remain in debt and also criticized her work.

Evgeny Yevtushenko with his first wife Bella Akhmedulina

The poet's next wife was Galina Sokol-Lukonina. She also harshly assessed her husband's work. But if she liked his poems, then she did not hide it and sincerely demonstrated her feelings with pleasure. The woman gave birth to Yevtushenko’s first child, son Peter.

Evgeny Yevtushenko and Maria Novikova

The hero's last love was Maria Novikova. She is a doctor and philologist by education. The marriage also produced two sons: Dima and Zhenya. All this made the personal life of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, his biography, wives, children and their photos interesting for fans of the poet.

Yevtushenko was drawn to women from an early age. Many of his lines were dedicated specifically to the weaker sex and their experiences of an erotic nature.

Teachers and cultural figures did not know how to react to the bold statements of a fifteen-year-old boy. And friends advised me to use my amazing imagination and choose a different topic for my works.

Evgeny Yevtushenko with his wife and sons

This behavior of Yevtushenko was not only a protest against hypocrisy, but also a demonstration of a kind of fearlessness. They did not publish him, restricted his movements and tried in every possible way to shame him for his unbridled images. This gave a somewhat scandalous glory to everything connected with Yevgeny Yevtushenko: biography, personal life, wives, children.

The great man passed away in the spring of 2017. His death came to him in one of the American hospitals. He left quietly in his sleep. Doctors did everything possible to prolong the life of the famous poet, but the time for the end of the great journey has already come. Yevtushenko’s last wish was to lie near Pasternak in the Moscow region.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko in the last years of his life

The hero lived a long, eventful life, and to this day the biography of Yevgeny Yevtushenko, his personal life, wives and children attract genuine attention from followers of his work.

The 47-year-old artist died in a mental hospital in the capital.
A tragedy occurred in the family of Yevgeny Yevtushenko. The 47-year-old son of the famous poet Pyotr Yevtushenko died in one of the Moscow hospitals. Doctors treated him for mental illness for six months, but the artist’s heart suddenly stopped. His body was cremated, but not buried until the arrival of Evgeniy Alexandrovich, who was in the USA at that time.

Pyotr Yevtushenko is the adopted son of the famous poet and Galina Sokol-Lukonina. After their divorce, the boy stayed with his mother, but his father did everything so that the boy did not feel deprived. And in the States he helped him get an education, and made him a separate apartment, and he didn’t deprive him of money. But for some reason, fate often punishes the children of celebrities. So Peter was no exception.
“Galya, or Galla, as she was often called, was an interesting but harsh woman,” said prose writer Alla Rakhmanina. - I loved Yevtushenko all my life, but did not forgive his endless betrayals. She was businesslike, but didn’t work a single day. Her first husband was the writer Mikhail Lukonin. When Galya was married to him, she had an affair with the poet Alexander Mezhirov. Misha was terribly jealous, but could not do anything... Even the writer Vasily Aksenov almost married Gala. Sometimes she said that she regretted leaving Yevgeny Yevtushenko. After her death, Petya started drinking.
To find out about the life together of Galina and Evgeny Yevtushenko (they got married in 1961 - N.M.), we contacted a family friend, Natalya Shmelkova.


Natalya Shmelkova with Pyotr Yevtushenko at the opening of his exhibition of paintings (Photo from the archive of Natalya Shmelkova)
“I’m shocked why I, his mother’s closest friend, was not informed about Petya’s death,” Natalya Alexandrovna said with offense. - Probably because I wrote in my book how the poet Lenya Gubanov once shouted in response to Yevtushenko’s criticism: “You are shit!” You will soon be forgotten, but I am a brilliant poet!” Apparently, Zhenya still can’t forgive...
Which husband did she love more? Galya and I talked about Misha Lukonin, and I assured her: “If you stayed with him, you would be happy!” She always spoke with delight about Lukonin. But did she love him? The gypsy told her that she would live in abundance, but would never love. She married Yevtushenko in a black dress with a pink bow.
Galina was burdened by the fact that, having been married for seven years, she could not give birth.
“He and Zhenya took Petya when he was very young,” recalls Shmelkova. - It was intended for Bella Akhmadulina, Yevtushenko’s first wife. But she chose a girl. Galina Volchek persuaded him to take Petya, and she became his godmother. The boy - a cherub with blue eyes and curls - looked like Yevtushenko himself. Petya grew up as a happy child. Sports boy: swam, dived, ski jumped. He studied at the school at the Tretyakov Gallery.

The adopted son looked like YEVTUSHENKO
Suffered from hazing
The marriage of Galina and Evgeny broke up at the insistence of Galya, tired of the poet’s numerous novels.
“After the divorce, she and Zhenya shared for a long time numerous paintings that were donated by artist friends,” says Shmelkova. - But they remained friends. Galya never remarried. Yevtushenko married twice more. Petya always considered Evgeny his dad. Yevtushenko came to the guy’s birthdays and invited him to visit him at his dacha.
After graduating from the Moscow Art Lyceum, Pyotr Yevtushenko was drafted into the army. The service left an indelible mark on his biography. Subsequently, he will write a series of paintings “A Soldier's Diary”.
“Yevtushenko could have made sure that Petya was not drafted into the army,” Shmelkova believes. - But I didn’t bother. Naive and handsome young men like Petya are bullied in the army. We could only guess what happened there, because Petya carried everything inside himself. Galya said that it was after the army that he developed mental problems... I didn’t see a single regular girl with Petya, although he paid attention to the female gender. I remember once we came to the museum. He liked the charming girl guide. So Petya and I licked her legs and skirt all the way.
After returning from the army, the father enrolled his son in an American college near New York. But, as the young artist himself admitted, he was soon expelled due to absences and partying. Petya returned to his homeland under his mother’s wing.

The poet's second wife Galina SOKOL-LUKONINA (YEVTUSHENKO) was unable to give birth to a child
Didn't want to share the inheritance
In recent years, Peter lived alone. His mother bought him an apartment in the Yasenevo district. Then she bought him a house on Kurina Street. He lived modestly: in the room there was only the most necessary things. His nanny Shura came to clean up for the poet’s son. Although Peter did not become a famous artist, one exhibition of his works, thanks to Shmelkova, did take place.
“On the advertising poster we placed a picture of a poodle wearing earflaps near the Kremlin wall,” recalls Natalya Alexandrovna. - Petya drew his dog Pele, named after the great Brazilian football player. When I played the piano, Pele howled, and as soon as I took a bad passage, he hit the keys with his paw.
Peter did not get along very well with his mother, but her death two years ago was a strong blow for the lonely and unsuccessful artist.
“I haven’t seen Galya for the last four years,” says Shmelkova. - At the same time, she called five times a day: either to discuss a book, or something else. I offered to meet, but she kept postponing the meeting with one word: “Later.” I think she didn’t want me to see her growing old. I regret that I didn’t come to her funeral because I couldn’t get out of bed. Yevtushenko also did not come, but wrote in the newspaper about her death: “Petya, don’t forget that you have a father and from the depths of the grave your mother’s eyes are looking at you”... Galya dreamed that I would take her son under my wing. But I understood that there would be an inheritance and I would have to go to court.


Petya was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery next to his mother and grandmother
In recent years he has been drinking. He loved gin, whiskey and other expensive drinks. Once I decided to go on a trip around the world with him, but Petya said: “For this money I will buy so much whiskey that I will dream about this trip.” For the last six months, Petya has been in a psychiatric hospital. I wanted to visit him, but he refused: “I’ll come myself”...
One of Peter’s few friends, artist Konstantin Zvezdochetov, also shared his memories:
- Petya was cremated at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery. At the wake they put up a photograph of him, he was 17 years old. About ten people came to say goodbye. Among them is the wife of the son of the writer Konstantin Simonov, Galina... I looked after him because my mother was friends with Elena, Evgeniy Alexandrovich’s sister. He was lonely, and it seemed to me that he didn’t need anyone. There is some kind of fate here: the son of director Georgy Danelia passed away tragically, the composer Nikita Bogoslovsky’s Kirill died from heavy drinking, and now Yevtushenko’s son too. Imagine a boy whose mother was friends with Academician Sakharov’s second wife, dissident Elena Bonner. One time Galina practically accomplished a feat: when the writer Viktor Nekrasov went abroad, she was the only one with Pavel Lungin who went to see him off. Yevtushenko helped Petya all his life, even when Yevgeny Alexandrovich’s leg was amputated...
Yes, fate tossed the guy from side to side. From an orphanage he ended up in a bohemian family, then - harsh morals in the army, after life among complete strangers, dad did not take his son to live with him in America. Although Petya didn’t want to go there, because he didn’t like it there. A monument should be erected to Yevtushenko’s sister Elena Maksimovna. When Petya became especially difficult and offended her, she still helped him. She carried huge packages to the hospital.


Shmelkova shows a poster with a reproduction of Peter’s painting - “Pele the Poodle on Red Square”
“He portrayed himself as a poodle”
“Petya was a talented artist,” says Evgeny Yevtushenko. - There are three large paintings of his in my museum. I especially value my son’s self-portrait: he painted himself in the image of a lonely dog ​​wearing earflaps.
- Evgeniy Alexandrovich, my friends told me that Petya got sick after the army...
- My son went to serve, like everyone else. He took a sip of hazing there, of course. Young people can be cruel, and the children of famous people come under attack. It seems to others that they are freed from many problems. Believe me, the children of famous people are not the happiest. By the way, Petya never used my name. And I never helped Petya just because he is just my son. But he contributed as an artist. The son, although adopted, is the first.
- Did you decide to take the boy from the orphanage?
- Not so much me, but my second wife Galina. Her childhood was difficult: she was brought up in an orphanage, where there were children of “enemies of the people.” It affected her, her views.
- Why wasn't he married?
- A personal tragedy occurred in the USA, where Peter, having received a grant, went to study. He fell in love with a girl on the course and decided to draw her portrait. When he finished work, it was night, but Petya decided to call her and asked her to come to evaluate the portrait. She misunderstood this act. As a result, my son was expelled from college. It was this story with the girl that became the beginning of his illness.
I paid less attention to my son than my mother. But everyone helped him as best they could... He had been taking so many medications lately that he couldn’t even drink strong tea. My heart couldn't stand it. I'm very worried. My sister was waiting for my arrival from America and did not interred her ashes so that I could say goodbye to my son. Petya was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery, where his mother also rests.
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Yevtushenko's first wife in 1954 was the poetess Bella Akhmadulina.
In 1962, Evgeniy Alexandrovich married Bella’s friend, Galina Sokol-Lukonina. Seven years later they adopted a boy, Petya.
In 1978, the poet married his Irish fan, Jen Butler, with whom he had sons Alexander and Anton
Yevtushenko’s fourth wife in 1987 was Maria Novikova, with whom he had two sons - Evgeny and Dmitry.
And there was another case
“In the film “Stalin’s Funeral,” I was lucky enough to meet the brilliant poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who was the director and screenwriter here,” said actress Inna Vykhodtseva. - We voiced the mass scenes of the leader’s funeral at the Mosfilm film studio. The recording did not work out for a long time, and then Evgeniy Alexandrovich asked the administrator to bring a box of vodka, several loaves of sausage and bread. At first we didn’t understand: why so much food? They thought they would feed us during the break. They poured us half a glass of vodka, and the director commanded: “Drink, and then we’ll work!” Since I don’t drink vodka, I poured myself some water. But Yevtushenko noticed that I didn’t drink in one gulp and asked: “Why don’t you drink?” I had to play. I remember that for one shift we were paid as if for two: he was so pleased with the work.

Evgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was born on July 18, 1932 in Siberia. According to the passport, the year of birth is 1933. Yevtushenko’s blood flows both Baltic and German through the father of the geologist, amateur poet Alexander Rudolfovich Gangnus. Mother Zinaida Ivanovna Yevtushenko is a poet, geologist, Honored Cultural Worker of the RSFSR. After the birth of Evgeniy, Zinaida Ivanovna deliberately replaced her husband’s surname with her maiden name. I also changed my son’s year of birth, since at the age of 12 he had to get a pass.

Since childhood, Yevtushenko was attached to books. Parents helped us understand the world through books and regular communication. Yevtushenko recalls: “My father could spend hours telling me, still a foolish child, about the fall of Babylon, and about the Spanish Inquisition, and about the War of the Scarlet and White Roses, and about William of Orange... Thanks to my father, I already learned to read and write at the age of 6, I read indiscriminately Dumas, Flaubert, Boccaccio, Cervantes and Wells. There was an unimaginable vinaigrette in my head. I lived in an illusory world, I didn’t notice anyone or anything around...”

Later, the father leaves his mother and Evgeniy and goes to another woman. With her he forms his family. Despite this, Alexander Rudolfovich continues to raise his son. He took Evgeniy to a poetry evening at Moscow State University. We went to the evenings of Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Svetlov, Alexander Tvardovsky, Pavel Antokolsky. The mother allowed the father to see his son. She understood that their communication was only for Eugene’s benefit. Zinaida Ivanovna often sent letters to Alexander Rudolfovich, which contained poems written by her son.

She kept all of Eugene's manuscripts. There was even a notebook containing nine thousand rhymes. But it was not possible to save it. His mother also instilled in Evgeniy a love of art. Zinaida Ivanovna was a soloist at the Stanislavsky Theater. She also had a musical education. Her frequent guests were artists who in the future became famous on the pop stage. Zinaida Ivanovna constantly toured the country. During the war years, she even suffered from typhus while on tour.

Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko video

Naturally, with such parents, Evgeniy developed mentally rapidly. He grew up as an erudite, literate child. Many peers envied him. Zinaida Ivanovna was only glad that their house was visited by such wonderful poets as: Vladimir Sokolov, Evgeny Vinokurov, Grigory Pozhenyan, Bella Akhmadulina, Mikhail Roshchin and many others. Yevtushenko lived, studied, and worked in Moscow. He was a regular guest at the House of Pioneers. He studied at the Gorky Literary Institute and was soon expelled for “incorrect” statements.

Creativity of Evgeny Yevtushenko

The first book written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko was “Scouts of the Future.” It contains slogan, pathos poetry of the 50s. In the year the book was published, Yevtushenko also released his poems: “The Wagon” and “Before the Meeting.” This marked the beginning of his future serious creative work. In 1952, Yevtushenko became a member of the USSR Writers' Union, and he was the youngest in this community.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko's future fame comes from the collections of poems that he writes further: “The Third Snow”, “Highway of Enthusiasts”, “Promise”, “Poems of Different Years”, “Apple”.

Yevtushenko takes part in poetry evenings that took place at the Polytechnic Museum. His partners were those known to us and dearly loved: Robert Rozhdestvensky, Bella Akhmadulina, Bulat Okudzhava. Yevtushenko understood that, thanks to his works, he was becoming a poet of the next generation. They were then called “sixties”. He dedicates the poem “To the Best of the Generation” to the new generation.

Yevtushenko begins to perform his poems from the stage, conveying the depth of his thoughts to the viewer. For the first time he performs on the big stage in Kharkov in the central lecture hall. Evgeniy was then invited by a fan of his work, and the organizer of this event, Livshits L.Ya. The public was captivated by his work. Each work of Yevtushenko is filled with its own life, they are diverse in their own way. Either he writes about intimate lyrics, which can be seen in the poem “There used to be a dog sleeping at your feet”, then he proclaims an ode to beer in the work “Northern Surcharge”, then he touches on a political theme in the poems: “Under the Skin of the Statue of Liberty”, “Bullfight”, “Italian cycle”, “Dove in Santiago”, “Mom and the neutron bomb”, “Distant relative”, “Full growth” and others.

Many critics did not understand and did not accept the poet's works. He was always at the head of some scandals and provocations. The scandalous poems included: “Stalin’s Heirs”, “Pravda”, “Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station”, “Ballad of Poaching”, “Wave of the Hand”, “Morning People”, “Father’s Hearing” and more.

His works have also been noted in journalism: “Notes to an autobiography”, “Talent is a miracle that is not accidental”, “Tomorrow’s wind”, “Politics is the privilege of everyone”. Evgeniy writes easily, rhyme follows rhyme by itself, he plays with words and sounds. Yevtushenko continues his creative path, reading his poems from the stage. Full houses of listeners come to his evenings. He is a huge success. Evgeniy publishes books and CDs where he performs his works. Among them: “Berry Places”, “Pigeon in Santiago” and many others. In addition to poetry, Yevtushenko writes memoirs: “Wolf Passport”, “Sixties Man: Memoir Prose”, “I Came to You: Babi Yar”. Yevtushenko also managed to work in cinema. He is known as an excellent director-producer, author-screenwriter.

There are also Yevtushenko’s works with musical groups: the rock opera “White Snows Are Coming...”, his poems are present in “The Execution of Stepan Razin”. They put music on Yevtushenko’s poems, resulting in beautiful songs: “And it’s snowing,” “Motherland,” “This is what’s happening to me,” “When the bells ring,” “Under the creaking, weeping willow,” but this is just a small part. Yevtushenko was appointed secretary of the Writers' Union. Later he becomes secretary of the Commonwealth of Writers' Unions. He is also the chairman of the April writers' association. Became a member of the Memorial Society. Elections to People's Deputies of the USSR were held in Kharkov. So, Yevtushenko won, beating other candidates, leaving a huge, unattainable margin. He worked there until the collapse of the USSR. In 1991, Yevtushenko signed a contract to teach at a university in the USA. Actually, Evgeniy takes his family and leaves for permanent residence in America, where he lives to this day.

Personal life of Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Evgeny Yevtushenko, like a true ladies' man, was officially married four times. The first wife was the famous poetess Bella Akhmadulina. As we know, they were in a creative union together from their youth. The second wife was Galina Semyonovna Sokol-Lukonina. She gave birth to Evgenia’s son Peter. Yevtushenko’s head was turned by his admirer from Ireland, who subsequently became his third wife, Jen Butler. From her the poet has two sons: Anton and Alexander. The last legal wife was Maria Vladimirovna Novikova (married since 1987). They also have children: Evgeniy and Dmitry.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, according to several sources, collaborated with the KGB, where he was an agent of influence. He speaks several languages ​​brilliantly: English, Italian, French. The poet publishes the smallest book, the size of which is 0.5 * 0.45 mm. It contains poems by the poet and is called “Volga”. This book is also one of the ten smallest books in the world.

Evgeny Yevtushenko (see photo below) is a Russian poet. He also gained fame as a screenwriter, publicist, prose writer, director and actor. The poet's surname at birth is Gangnus.

Evgeny Yevtushenko: biography

The poet was born in the city of Zima, Irkutsk region, on July 18, 1932. His father, a Baltic German by birth, Gangnus Alexander Rudolfovich, was an amateur poet. Mother, Yevtushenko Zinaida Ermolaevna, was a geologist, actress, and honored cultural figure. After returning to Moscow from evacuation in 1944, she gave her son her maiden name.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko began publishing in 1949, his very first poem was published in Soviet Sport. In 1952-1957 He studied in the name of Maxim Gorky, but was expelled for supporting the novel “Not by Bread Alone” by Dudintsev and “disciplinary sanctions.”

In 1952, Yevtushenko’s first book of poems, entitled “Scouts of the Future,” was published. The author later called her immature and juvenile. In the same 1952, Evgeniy, bypassing the candidate stage, became the youngest member of the Writers' Union.

In the period of the 1950-1980s, characterized by a real poetic boom, Yevgeny Yevtushenko entered the arena of colossal popularity together with B. Akhmadulina, B. Okudzhava, A. Voznesensky, R. Rozhdestvensky. They infected the whole country with their enthusiasm; independence, freshness, and informality were felt in their work. The performances of these authors attracted large stadiums, and soon the poetry of the “Thaw” period began to be called pop poetry.

Essay on creativity

The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko is the most “loud” lyricist of the galaxy of poets of that time. He published many collections of poems that gained popularity. These are “Highway of Enthusiasts”, and “Tenderness”, and “The Third Snow”, and “Apple”, and “Promise”, and others.

His works are distinguished by a variety of genres and a wide range of moods. The first line of the introduction to the 1965 poem “Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station”, “A poet in Russia is more than a poet,” became a catchphrase that has steadily entered into everyday use, and a manifesto of Yevtushenko’s own creativity.

He is also no stranger to subtle, intimate lyrics (for example, the 1955 poem “There used to be a dog sleeping at my feet”). In his 1977 poem “Northern Surcharge,” Yevtushenko composes an ode to beer. Several cycles of poems and poems are devoted to anti-war and foreign themes: “Bullfight”, “Mom and the Neutron Bomb”, “Under the Skin of the Statue of Liberty”, etc.

The poet's stage performances have become famous: he successfully recites his own works. Evgeny Yevtushenko, whose biography is very rich, has released several audio books and CDs (“Berry Places” and others).

1980-1990s

In 1986-1991 Yevtushenko was a secretary on the board of the Writers' Union, and in December 1991 he was appointed secretary on the board of the Commonwealth of Writers' Unions. Since 1988 - member of the Memorial society, since 1989 - co-chairman of the April writers' association.

In May 1989, he was elected as a people's deputy from the Dzerzhinsky IO of Kharkov and worked in this position until the collapse of the Union.

In 1991, Evgeny Yevtushenko signed a contract with a university in the American city of Tulsa (Oklahoma) and went there to teach. The poet currently lives in the USA.

Health status

In 2013, Evgeniy Alexandrovich’s leg was amputated. In December 2014, the poet became ill while he was on tour in Rostov-on-Don, and due to a sharp deterioration in his health, he was hospitalized.

On August 24, 2015, the poet had a pacemaker installed to eliminate problems with his heart rhythm.

Criticism

Yevtushenko's manner and literary style provided a wide field for criticism. He was often reproached for pathetic rhetoric, glorification, and hidden self-praise.

Joseph Brodsky, in an interview in 1972, spoke very negatively about Yevtushenko as a person and poet. He described Eugene as “a huge factory for reproducing himself.”

Personal life

Officially, Yevtushenko was married four times. She became his first wife (since 1954). They often fought, but quickly made up because they loved each other selflessly. When Bella became pregnant, Eugene asked her to have an abortion because he was not ready to be a father. On this basis, the stars of Soviet literature divorced. Then, in 1961, Galina Sokol-Lukonina became Yevtushenko’s wife. The woman could not have children, and in 1968 the couple adopted a boy named Peter. Since 1978, the poet’s wife was his passionate Irish fan, Jen Butler. In marriage with her, sons Anton and Alexander were born. Currently, Yevtushenko’s wife is Maria Novikova, born in 1962. They met in 1987, when Maria, who at that time had just graduated from medical school, approached the poet to ask for an autograph for her mother. Five months later they got married. The couple has two sons: Dmitry and Evgeniy. Thus, the poet has five sons in total.

Yevtushenko himself says that he was lucky with all his wives, and only he is to blame for divorces. The 83-year-old poet has a lot to remember, because he broke many women’s hearts!