Evgeny Yevtushenko: Biography, personal life
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a man of genius who made a significant contribution to the history of art. His creative career was very rich, because even being already at a respectable age, he spun like a bee, continuing to create and teach. In this article, you will learn everything about this talented person.
Many did not like him, some despised him, but most idolized him. He was a multifaceted person and worked in different directions. He left a lot of fans on this earth and a large number of creative works.
Biography
According to sources, a talented child was born on July 18, 1932 in the city of Zima, Irkutsk Region (located in the southeastern part of the Siberian Federal District). According to the horoscope, Cancer is a modest, benevolent, gallant and helpful man.
The boy's parents were creative people. Papa Alexander - was a poet and geologist (he had German and Baltic roots, so he bore the surname Gangnus). Mom Zinaida is the greatest actress and geologist who kept her maiden name.
In that difficult time, when Zhenya was still small, terrible things happened. After all, every step and deed had to be carefully monitored in order to do everything right and not harm yourself and your loved ones. The mother's heart felt that if a child was given the father's surname, trouble could happen. Therefore, she left him her last name Yevtushenko, thus avoiding many problems for the boy in the future.
In such a wonderful family, the boy developed intellectually very quickly. When he was only six years old, he could already read and write quite well. Also, the boy spent a lot of time reading books, and dad loved to recite poems to him in the evenings.
In 1944, an unpleasant situation happened in their family. At this time, they moved to live in Moscow, and there dad found another woman, leaving them alone with their mother. Zhenya was very worried about the divorce, but his father did not forget about his son until the last days and regularly engaged in his upbringing.
From childhood, the kid was in the circle of famous creative people, because either his father took him to various events, or the guests themselves came to their home and arranged literary evenings.
After graduating from school, he entered Literary Institute. Gorky, but he was quickly expelled from there. Rumor has it that Eugene did not know how to keep his mouth shut and spoke too loudly in public. At the time, this was unacceptable.
Creation
He published his first poem at the age of 17 in a newspaper "Soviet sport". And then he could not be stopped, because he endlessly created in all directions. At the age of 20 he published his first collection - "Scouts of the Future".
In general, Yevgeny Yevtushenko was not only a talented writer, his work was multifaceted. He tried to try himself everywhere and he did it well.
There are more than 60 collections of poems in his collection. Most interesting: "Third Snow", "Apple", "White snows are falling...", "Citizens, listen to me", "My very best" And so on. He also wrote about 20 poems ( "Babi Yar", "Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Plant", "Mother and the Neutron Bomb" and others) and two novels ( "Don't Die Before You Die", "Berry Places"). From under his pen, novels, journalism, memoirs and anthologies were also published.
"White snows are coming..."
Music was written for his poems by various composers and they were heard by millions of people performed by famous singers and singers ( "Even making every effort", "Spell", "When the bells ring", "By the sea" and others).
"That's what's happening to me..."
He also worked in cinematography as an actor ( "Zastava Ilyich", "Rise" etc.), as a director ( "Kindergarten", "Stalin's Funeral") and as a screenwriter ( "I am Cuba", "Stalin's Funeral").
Personal life
According to sources, Yevtushenko was married four times in his entire life and only with his last wife found peace, spiritual satisfaction and family happiness.
Married for the first time at the age of 22 to a young poetess Isabella Akhmadulina. It was real youthful love: a sea of flowers, kisses, endless trips to the sea and walks around the capital. It would seem that this happy couple should have lived together until old age, but at one fine moment their relationship went wrong, and they broke up.
Rumor has it that the sudden pregnancy of Bella became the reason for this. Probably for every married couple this event should have been a real holiday, but Eugene was afraid to take on such responsibility and insisted that his wife get rid of the child. After that, the girl realized the gravity of her act and could not forgive her husband. After some time, he made several attempts to return their love, but everything was unsuccessful, Bella closed herself from him forever.
Eugene and Isabella Akhmadulina photo
He married for the second time at the age of 29 Galina Sokol-Lukonina. She had a very difficult childhood and health problems. But they managed to find a common language to start a life together. Soon in this marriage appeared child - boy Peter. Unfortunately, the little miracle failed to keep the family together.
Eugene left several times, then returned (they say that his wife made suicide attempts), but one day he left forever. Rumor has it that his son Peter was an artist and died at the age of 47 in a mental hospital (in recent years he suffered from mental illness).
Son Peter
The third wife was the exact opposite of the two previous wives. Jen Butler, an Irishwoman, was a big fan of Yevtushenko's work and was madly in love with him. She mastered martial arts, rode a horse and skillfully drove large cars. He married her at the age of 46.
They built a joint house on the Black Sea coast and they had a two kids: Sasha and Anton. Rumor has it that the last boy had some kind of congenital ailment. This event undermined their family happiness, Jen filed for divorce and took the children to England. Eugene always communicated with his boys. Today it is known that son Alexander works on television.
The last fourth wife was Maria Novikova. He married her already at a mature age - 55 years. According to sources, they met tritely: Maria came up to get an autograph from the poet at one of his concerts.
Yevtushenko and his fourth wife Maria
She immediately liked the artist. He found her and after a while he made marriage proposals. Despite the fact that the woman is 30 years younger than her husband, they happily lived together for the same amount.
Mary gave her husband two sons - Evgeny and Dmitry. As you know, these children today live and work in America.
Fourth wife and children
Last days
According to sources, in 1991, the poet and his family left for the United States(Tuls, Oklahoma) for permanent residence. Here he taught, often performed on stage with his poems and stories in English, and his wife Maria taught Russian at a local school. Although he lived in America, he never forgot about his homeland and every year he always came home to his dacha in the village of Peredelkino near Moscow.
In recent years he courageously fought against a terrible disease - cancer. Then the disease receded and he continued to live and work. But at one point, she returned and struck with renewed vigor.
He was hospitalized in a very serious condition in a clinic in Tulsa. Doctors fought to the last for his life, but the poet's heart still could not stand it and stopped forever. He was 84 years old and died peacefully in his sleep. Evgeny Alexandrovich was brought from America to Russia and buried at the Peredelkino cemetery next to Boris Pasternak, as he wanted.
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