Playboy Interview: Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Playboy Interview: Yevgeny YevtushenkoYevgeny Yevtushenko may be the world's best-known poet; surely he is the world's best-known Russian poet, and the most widely traveled. Despite frequent reports of his estrangement from the Soviet government, he darts in and out of Russia with the apparent freedom of an unofficial ambassador plenipotentiary. In a nation where political recognition is thought to hinge on Communist Party membership, he has risen to national prominence as a nonmember. In a soci...