About the book: 2014 / The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who gained world fame half a century ago, is not offended by indifference to this day - he delights some, amazes others, irritates others: “I am different - I am overworked and idle. I am purposeful and inappropriate...” Many of his lines have become proverbs (“A poet in Russia is more than a poet,” “Other times have come. Other names have arisen,” “No matter how you twist or turn, Nefertiti exists...”, etc. . etc., etc.), many songs based on his words are considered folk (“Will the wind drop an alder earring in the palm of your hand...”, “A river runs, melts in the fog...”), many of his works have been adapted into plays, films, and even he himself is no stranger to cinema as a screenwriter, actor and director. Ilya Falikov, a famous poet, prose writer, essayist, presents to the readers a risky and fascinating work in which he tries to unravel the phenomenon called “Yevtushenko”. This book is not an anniversary panegyric, not a pamphlet, not a dryly presented biography. This is an epic look at the rebellious 20th century, reflected, perhaps, most fully, expressively and controversially both in the work and in the life of Eug. Yevtushenko. In a word, before you, reader, is the poet as he is - with his unprecedented fame and “loneliness, all faithfulness is true,” with all the friendships and breakups, love and betrayal, marriages and their breakups... The biography continues! sign of information products 16+