The poet was taken to a local clinic. Yevtushenko wife Maria Novikova has said that he is in serious condition. Other details about the health of the author has not yet been reported.

Tonight it became known that the 84-year-old poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko was feeling unwell and he was urgently hospitalized in America. About it journalists were reported by the wife of an elderly man Maria Novikova. She stated that we are not talking about the planned hospitalization. Doctors assess the condition of Yevtushenko as heavy. Details of the incident are still unknown.

“Eugene A. was hospitalized in serious condition – shared wife Yevtushenko. – I can only say that this is not a routine examination”.

We will remind that this year the famous poet celebrates the anniversary. He turns 85 years old. This event will dedicate a number of events organised with the support of the Ministry of culture. So, in late spring-early summer scheduled tour Eugene A. for a number of cities of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. And may 31 in the Concert hall. Tchaikovsky must be held “an Evening of poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko” with the participation of the birthday.

A famous film Director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist and actor Yevgeny Yevtushenko born 18 July 1932 at the station Winter in the Irkutsk region. The first poem of the poet published in the edition “Soviet sports”. In 1963, Eugene A. was nominated for the prestigious Nobel prize for literature.

Since 1991, the man lives in America. It is known that Evgeny teaches at the University of Tulsa. Foreign students in awe of the famous figure of literature who reads to young men lectures on Russian literature.

In 2013 Yevgeny Yevtushenko survived the amputation of his right leg. The operation took place in one of the American medical institutions.

It is also known that joint problems began in men in 1997. The doctors found out that the poet has worn an ankle, so it had to be replaced. At first Evgeny Alexandrovich felt good, but over time he began to suffer pain. It turned out that titanium prosthesis, which put the celebrity not caught on, so to avoid amputation failed.

During a conversation with Andrey Malakhov, the poet confessed that he had always supported the beloved wife Maria Novikova. “If not for the wife, I never would have gotten, was terrible pain. And Mary all in the hospital admired, because in America it is not accepted to stay in the house of relatives, but she did not leave me. And Maria is still a doctor by his first profession and just get me out” – shared Evgeny.

During a recent conversation with correspondents Maria Novikova did not go into detail about the health of the wife, noting that he can’t talk about it, reports TASS.