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Legendary Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies aged 84 Legendary Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies aged 84
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Prominent Soviet and Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko died in the US on Sunday, aged 84, his wife and friends confirmed to the media. Prominent Soviet and Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko died in the US, aged 84, his wife and friends confirmed to the media.
Yevtushenko died of a cardiac arrest in an American hospital, the poet's widow, Maria Novikova told RIA Novosti. Yevtushenko died of cardiac arrest on Saturday in an American hospital, the poet's widow, Maria Novikova, told RIA Novosti.
"He died peacefully while asleep, surrounded by his family," she added. “He died peacefully while asleep, surrounded by his family,” she added.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW Earlier this month, Yevtushenko was hospitalized in Tulsa, Oklahoma, TASS reported.
Yevtushenko, who was also popular as an author, director, script writer and actor, was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature in 1963.
Born in the Irkutsk region in Siberia, the would-be world-renowned poet published his first poem in the 'Soviet Sport' newspaper. In 1952, his first book of poems was published, and the same year Yevtushenko joined the Writers' Union of the USSR, having become its youngest ever member.
In total, more than 150 books by Yevtushenko have been ppublished and translated into many languages.
In 1991, Yevtushenko moved to the US with his family to teach at a Tulsa University.
According to his last will, he will be laid to rest in Peredelkino near Moscow.