Yevgeny Yevtushenko was born in Siberia in 1933, and published his first poem at age 16. Since then, he has written 42 books of poetry, 3 novels, 3 political-literary essay books, 2 books of [...]
When my charitable fellow-writers were burning my effigy and not poking my guts with their pocket-knives — thank God! They wasted on me their bottle [...]