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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.
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.
- Gregory Freidin
Apr 4, 2018 · Top 10 Poems by Anna Akhmatova to Read. If you want to begin reading Anna Akhmatova and are looking for a place to start, here are ten of my favorite poems by her. Many of them describe painful experiences, but there is comfort in the beauty that she uncovers from suffering.
- Kristen Twardowski
Anna Akhmatova (Russian: А́ннаАхма́това, real name А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко) (1889 — 1966) is regarded as one of Russia’s greatest poets. She was born in Odessa to a family of Russian and Tatar nobility.
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Anna Akhmatova. 1889 –. 1966. Read poems by this poet. 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.”.
May 15, 2018 · 15 May 2018. By Martin Puchner,Features correspondent. Rebecca Hendin. (Credit: Rebecca Hendin) To avoid persecution by Stalin, the poet Anna Akhmatova burnt her writings and instead taught a...
