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Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 – 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.
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 also translated Italian, French, Armenian, and Korean poetry.
Jun 19, 2024 · 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.
May 3, 2023 · The complete poems of Anna Akhmatova. by. Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966. Publication date. 1992. Topics. Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Russian poetry. Publisher. Boston : Zephyr Press ; Edinburgh : Canongate Press.
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).
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 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.”
Biography. PDF Cite Share. Article abstract: Akhmatova was one of the most acclaimed and revered poets of twentieth century Russia, struggling throughout her life to express...
May 15, 2018 · To avoid persecution by Stalin, Anna Akhmatova burnt her writings and memorised the words of her poem Requiem. By doing so she ensured its survival, writes Martin Puchner.
May 29, 2018 · Over the course of a poetic career of nearly sixty years, Soviet poet Anna Akhmatova (Anna Andreevna Gorenko) led a literary movement, had her work banned in her own country, survived political and social unrest, and became a symbol of creative survival against tremendous odds.
