Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko ( – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, , ; .}} was a Russian poet, one of the most significant of the 20th century. She reappeared as a voice of Russian poetry during World War II. She was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in 1965 and received the second-most (three) nominations for the award the following year.Akhmatova's work ranges from short lyric poems to intricately structured cycles, such as ''Requiem'' (1935–40), her tragic masterpiece about the Stalinist terror. Her style, characterised by its economy and emotional restraint, was strikingly original and distinctive to her contemporaries. The strong and clear leading female voice struck a new chord in Russian poetry. Her writing can be said to fall into two periods – the early work (1912–25) and her later work (from around 1936 until her death), divided by a decade of reduced literary output. Her work was condemned and censored by Stalinist authorities, and she is notable for choosing not to emigrate and remaining in the Soviet Union, acting as witness to the events around her. Her perennial themes include meditations on time and memory, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.
Primary sources of information about Akhmatova's life are relatively scant, as war, revolution and the Soviet regime caused much of the written record to be destroyed. For long periods she was in official disfavour and many of those who were close to her died in the aftermath of the revolution. Akhmatova's first husband, Nikolay Gumilyov, was executed by the Soviet secret police, and her son Lev Gumilyov and her common-law husband Nikolay Punin spent many years in the Gulag, where Punin died. Provided by Wikipedia
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29Izbrannye stikhotvorenii︠a︡ /Избранные стихотворения /by Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966
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30Beg vremeni : stikhotvorenii︠a︡, 1909-1965 /Бег времени : стихотворения, 1909-1965 /by Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966
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39by Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Voznesenskiĭ, Andreĭ, 1933-2010
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40by Luknit︠s︡kiĭ, Pavel, 1900-1973Other Authors: “...Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966...”
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