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Yevgeny Yevtushenko

エフゲニー・アレクサンドロヴィチ・エフトゥシェンコ

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1933-07-18 (Zima, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union)
死没
2017-04-01 (Tulsa, Oklahoma, US) 83歳
国籍
Soviet, Russian
言語
Russian, English
居住地歴
Moscow, Soviet Union / Russia → Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

経歴

職業
poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, film director
活動期間
1949年〜2017年
所属
Union of Soviet Writers
所属団体
Honorary Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
影響を受けた人物
Boris Pasternak, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg
影響を与えた人物
Younger generations of Russian poets (from the 1960s onward), Writers addressing memory and dissent
ノミネート
Nobel Prize in Literature (1963; nominated for the poem 'Babi Yar'), Nobel Prize in Literature (2008; nominated by World Congress of Russian Jews)

学歴

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (Moscow)
Literature / Department of Literature
期間: 1951–1954
国: Soviet Union
dropped out

受賞歴

USSR State Prize
1984
対象作品: Mother and Neutron Bomb
主催: USSR Government
結果: 受賞
Ovid Prize
2007
主催: Ovid Foundation
結果: 受賞
State Prize of the Russian Federation
2010
主催: Government of the Russian Federation
結果: 受賞
International Botev Prize
2006
主催: Botev Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
American Liberties Medallion
1991
主催: American Jewish Committee
結果: 受賞
Grinzane Cavour Prize
2005
主催: Grinzane Cavour Foundation
結果: 受賞
Honorary Citizen of Petrozavodsk
2006
主催: City of Petrozavodsk
結果: 称号授与
Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Commander)
2009
主催: Government of Chile
結果: 受章
Order of the Badge of Honour
1967
主催: USSR Government
結果: 受章
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1983
主催: USSR Government
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Babi Yar

1961年 Poetry

A landmark poem denouncing the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar and criticizing anti-Semitism and the Soviet distortion of history. Widely circulated after publication and set by Shostakovich in his Symphony No. 13.

anti-Semitismmemoryconscience vs. state
映像化・舞台化
  • [symphony] Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar' (1962)
翻訳
  • Translated into English by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi, among others

Zima Station (Stantsiia Zima)

1956年 Poetry

A poem reflecting youthful experience and nostalgia; one of his early well-received works.

nostalgiayouthnature

全著作

  • Razvedchiki Griadushchego (The Prospectors of the Future), 1952
  • Treti Sneg (The Third Snow), 1955
  • Babi Yar, 1961
  • Verses of the Century (editor), 1995

翻案

  • Kindergarten (screenplay/director involvement, 1983)
  • Stalin's Funeral (director/screenwriter, 1990)

作品の翻訳

  • Selected Poems (translated by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi, 1962)

作風・主題

文体
colloquial, performant rhythm suited to recitationpopular, oratorical tonedirect engagement with moral and political themes
頻出モチーフ
memory and historical recordland and nature of Russiamotherhood and familyconscience versus the state

健康

  • kidney cancer (partial nephrectomy)
    おおよそ2011年頃から晩年まで
    Reportedly affected his late-life activity and work; he later died of heart failure.

評価・遺産

A highly influential poet in the Soviet 1960s, best known for bringing memory and denunciation of anti‑Semitism to literature with 'Babi Yar'. A charismatic performance poet who influenced generations, internationally translated and awarded, but also subject to controversy over his relationship with the authorities.

記念館・博物館

  • Yevgeny Yevtushenko Poetry House (Zima museum) Zima, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia 2001年開館

関連学会

  • Russian Academy of Arts (honorary member)
  • Royal Spanish Academy (honorary member)
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (honorary member)

資料所蔵先

  • Yevtushenko poetry archives (online and held in various libraries)
  • Library of Congress (related materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • Featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1962, drawing international attention
  • His poem was used by Shostakovich in Symphony No. 13, connecting his work to major musical repertoire

引用

  • Who could sanction me to write 'Babi Yar'? Only I could sanction myself to write it.
    出典: Interview / memoir statement (2008年)

豆知識

  • Asteroid 4234 Evtushenko named after him (1994)
  • Featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1962
  • Taught at the University of Tulsa and split time between Russia and the U.S.