Anna Akhmatova | The Poetry Foundation
Anna Akhmatova is regarded as one of Russia’s greatest poets. In addition to poetry, she wrote prose including memoirs, autobiographical pieces, and literary scholarship on Russian writers such as Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin. She …
10 Anna Akhmatova Poems to Read when Life, Love, and …
Apr 4, 2018 · Here are the best 10 poems by Anna Akhmatova. The Russian poet's writing captures the complexity of living when love and politics make it difficult.
About Anna Akhmatova - Academy of American Poets
Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova was born Anna Gorenko in Odessa, Ukraine, on June 23, 1889. Her interest in poetry began in her youth; but when her father found out about her aspirations, he told her not to shame the family name by becoming a “decadent poetess.”
Anna Akhmatova - Poems by the Famous Poet - All Poetry
Anna Akhmatova was a renowned Russian poet whose work remains relevant today for its unflinching exploration of individual experience within the tumultuous backdrop of 20th-century Russia.
Anna Akhmatova | Russian Poet & Symbolist | Britannica
Anna Akhmatova (born June 11 [June 23, New Style], 1889, Bolshoy Fontan, near Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died March 5, 1966, Domodedovo, near Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Russian poet recognized at her death as the greatest woman poet in Russian literature.
What you need to know about legendary Russian poet Anna Akhmatova
The unwomanly strength of her heart-rending poems about love, grief, Russia, and the universe earned her a place on the male-dominated Mount Olympus of literary greats. Anna Akhmatova strongly...
Anna Akhmatova and her poetry | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Anna Akhmatova, orig. Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, (born June 23, 1889, Bolshoy Fontan, near Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died March 5, 1966, Domodedovo, near Moscow), Russian poet. She won fame with her first poetry collections (1912, 1914).
In Memoriam, July 19, 1914 | The Poetry Foundation
In Memoriam, July 19, 1914. By Anna Akhmatova. Translated By Stephen Edgar. Share. We aged a hundred years and this descended. In just one hour, as at a stroke. The summer had been brief and now was ended; The body of the ploughed plains lay in smoke. The hushed road burst in colors then, a soaring.
Anna Akhmatova: A charismatic poet who expressed the …
Jun 11, 2013 · Akhmatova’s poetry fully matured with “Poem without Hero,” a work she spent 22 years of her life to compose, and is now recognized as one of the greatest contributions to universal literature.
An Unexpected Revival For A Beloved Russian Poet
Oct 11, 2015 · Anna Akhmatova, who lived from 1889 to 1966, was a beacon of artistic courage in the face of repression during Soviet times. Her work is now receiving renewed attention.
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