Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes:
Ocupation: Composer
Life: September 25, 1906 - August 9, 1975
Birthday: September 25
Death: August 9
People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko 's poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence.
source: "Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich". Book by Solomon Volkov, New York: Limelight, pp. 158-9, 2006.
