Poet, novelist, screenwriter, actor. Born at Zima Junction in the Irkutsk region of Siberia. Son of Aleksandr Rudolfovich Gangnus and Zinaida Ermolaevna Yevtushenko. He published his first book of poems at the age of 19, "The Prospects of the Future." In 1963 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. One of his most notable works was the poem "Babi Yar", about the Nazi slaughter of Ukrainian Jews. He was married to Bella Akhmadulina, Galina Sokol-Lukonina, Jan Butler, and Maria Novikova. He was a 2013 Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame inductee.
Poet, novelist, screenwriter, actor. Born at Zima Junction in the Irkutsk region of Siberia. Son of Aleksandr Rudolfovich Gangnus and Zinaida Ermolaevna Yevtushenko. He published his first book of poems at the age of 19, "The Prospects of the Future." In 1963 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. One of his most notable works was the poem "Babi Yar", about the Nazi slaughter of Ukrainian Jews. He was married to Bella Akhmadulina, Galina Sokol-Lukonina, Jan Butler, and Maria Novikova. He was a 2013 Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame inductee.
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