''Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko'' () (also transliterated as Evgenii Alexkasandrovich Evtushenko, Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, or Evgeny Evtushenko) (born July 18, 1933) is a Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, and editor. He also directed several films. Reportedly, before the appearance of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Andrei Sakharov and the dissident movement in Russia, Yevtushenko, through his poetry, was the first voice to speak out against Stalinism.<ref name="Renowned">'RENOWNED POET TO VISIT CITY.' DONALD W. PATTERSON. ''News & Record'' (Greensboro, NC). CITY LIFE, Pg. 3. April 8, 1999.</ref>