A Precocious Autobiography (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- First Published: 1963
- Time of Work: 1933–1963
- Setting: The Soviet Union
- Principal Characters: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Yermolay Yevtushenko, Rudolph Gangnus, Yevgeny’s Father, Yevgeny’s Mother, Nikolay Tarasov, Volodya Barlas, Bella Akhmadulina, Boris Pasternak
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Communism or communists, Authors or writers, Autobiography, Poetry or poets, Russia or Russian people, Concentration camps, Siberia or Siberians
- Locales: Soviet Union
Form and Content
In A Precocious Autobiography, the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko gives an account of the first three decades of his life—hence, the title “precocious”—before most people, especially artistic creators, go through the most productive part of their life. The reason for the poet’s premature effort is undoubtedly his conviction that the experiences of his early years, coupled with important changes in the life of his country (the death of Joseph Stalin and the emergence of the postwar generation), are worth telling. He begins with the simple fact that...
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