Poetic Obituaries: In the 1960s, [Andrei] Voznesensky was one of

several Soviet poets who gave poetry readings in stadiums and concert halls before huge crowds of transfixed listeners, sometimes numbering in the thousands.

He clashed with the authorities occasionally, most notably in a 1963 meeting between Khrushchev and artists where the Soviet leader personally threatened to exile him, shouting: "Take your passport and get out, Mr Voznesensky!"

from AFP: Famed Russian poet Voznesensky dies at 77

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