This poet praised Galileo for risking everything to prove his theories and lauded the work of Shakespeare, Newton, and Pasteur in his poem "A Career." This poet wrote of his embarrassment in not knowing anything about Buenos Aires or New York in his "Prologue," and contrasted scientific advances with the ossification of art
This poet praised Galileo for risking everything to prove his theories and lauded the work of Shakespeare, Newton, and Pasteur in his poem "A Career." This poet wrote of his embarrassment in not knowing anything about Buenos Aires or New York in his "Prologue," and contrasted scientific advances with the ossification of art in "Rockets and Carts." Passengers in striped pyjamas leap forward like tigers when the train approaches the title location of another poem by this author; that poem revisits a location that titles his long narrative poem about his birthplace which also served as the site of his wartime evacuation. In his most famous work, this poet imagined himself a "boy in Belostock," as well as both Jesus and Dreyfus, and called himself "a true Russian" because the antisemites hate him; that poem begins with the famous remark that there are no monuments at the title location. For 10 points, identify this Russian poet of "Zima Station" and "Babi Yar."
This poet praised Galileo for risking everything to prove his theories and lauded the work of Shakespeare, Newton, and Pasteur in his poem "A Career.
Yevegeniy Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko