Anna Akhmatova





Anna Akhmatova

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born
in Odessa, Russian Federation
December 13, 1901

died
March 05, 1966

gender
female

genre


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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


Average rating: 4.35 · 4,589 ratings · 166 reviews · 70 distinct works · Similar authors
The Complete Poems
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 2,327 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions
Selected Poems
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 1,544 ratings — published 1969 — 27 editions
Избранное
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4.72 of 5 stars 4.72 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
Requiem Edition Bilingue
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1940 — 2 editions
Poem Without a Hero: And Se...
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4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1960 — 9 editions
You Will Hear Thunder
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4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
خاطره ای در درونم است
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1377 — 6 editions
Twenty Poems
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4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1985
Стихотворения и поэмы
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4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
Стихотворения и поэмы
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2008
More books by Anna Akhmatova…
“You will hear thunder and remember me,
and think: she wanted storms...”
Anna Akhmatova

“You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.”
Anna Akhmatova

“I seem to myself, as in a dream,
Am accidental guest in this dreadful body.”
Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems

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