Yevtushenko

American  

[yev-too-sheng-koh, yif-too-shen-kuh] / ˌyɛv tʊˈʃɛŋ koʊ, yɪf tuˈʃɛn kə /

noun

1. Yevgeny Alexandrovich 1933–2017, Russian poet.

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Yevtushenko British  

/ jɪftuˈʃɛnkə, ˌjɛvtuːˈʃɛŋkəʊ /

noun

1. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich (jɪvˈɡjenij alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). born 1933, Russian poet. His often outspoken poetry includes Babi Yar (1962), Bratsk Station (1966), and Farewell to Red Banner (1992)

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Example Sentences

Mr. Yevtushenko is an imposing figure with a long gray beard, crew cut and pistol strapped to his hip.

From New York Times

And, she said, “he brought over the great Russian poets Yevtushenko and Voznesensky, and he worked with them to get Russian dissidents released from prison.”

From New York Times

“It was hell on Earth,” said Oleg Yevtushenko, 55, a resident of an apartment block in Bucha that the soldiers took over as a base.

From Washington Post

I knew nothing of it until, in the mid-1960s, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the Russian poet who wrote an epic poem about it, was invited to lecture at my college.

From Washington Post

At the University of Tulsa, she studied with the Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who introduced her to Russian literature.

From New York Times