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Anna Akhmatova

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born
December 13, 1901 in Odessa, Russian Federation

died
March 05, 1966

gender
female

genre
Poetry


About this author

Also known as: Анна Ахматова, Anna Ahmatova

Pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, a Russian poet credited with a large influence on Russian poetry.

Akhmatova's work ranges from short lyric poems to universalized, ingeniously structured cycles, such as Requiem (1935-40), her tragic masterpiece about the Stalinist terror. Her work addresses a variety of themes including time and memory, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism. She has been widely translated into many languages and is one of the best-known Russian poets of 20th century.

In 1910, she married the poet, Nikolay Gumilyov, who very soon left her for lion hunting in Africa, the battlefields of World War I, and the society of Paris...more


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Average rating: 4.35 · 2,504 ratings · 133 reviews · 52 distinct works
The Complete Poems
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4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 1,427 ratings — published 1973 — 14 editions
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Selected Poems
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 1969 — 13 editions
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Poem Without a Hero & Selec...
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1960 — 2 editions
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Избранное
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4.78 of 5 stars 4.78 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Requiem Edition Bilingue
4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1940 — 4 editions
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You Will Hear Thunder
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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خاطره ای در درونم است
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1377 — 5 editions
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Twenty Poems
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1985
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Стихотворения и поэмы
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4.83 of 5 stars 4.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2004
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Quotes by Anna Akhmatova

“You will hear thunder and remember me,
and think: she wanted storms...”
― Anna Akhmatova
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“As the future ripens in the past,
so the past rots in the future --
a terrible festival of dead leaves.”
― Anna Akhmatova, Poems of Akhmatova. Избранные стихи
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“My shadow serves as the friend I crave”
― Anna Akhmatova
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