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Selected Poems
Anna Akhmatova
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. Anna Akhmatova is one of the most accomplished and well loved poets Russia has ever produced. Her passionate writing has won her an ardent readership all over the world. This title illustrates her broad scope and brilliant imaginative gifts. It covers her earlier work and the poems she produced during her persecution by the Russian authorities. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CAROL ANN DUFFY
Anna Akhmatova is one of the most accomplished and well loved poets Russia has ever produced. Her moving and passionate writing has won her an ardent readership all over the world. This selection, beautifully translated by poet and novelist D.M. Thomas, illustrates her broad scope and brilliant imaginative gifts. It covers both her earlier work and the poems she produced during her persecution by the Russian authorities.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099540878
SKU
V9780099540878
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About Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova was born on 23 June 1889 in Odessa and grew up in Tsarskoe Selo, the imperial summer residence outside St Petersburg. Her parents separated in 1905 and she moved with her mother and siblings to the Crimea. She published her first poems in 1907. In 1910 she married the poet Nikolai Gumilev, the founder of the Acmeist school ... Read more
Reviews for Selected Poems
A genius of Russian poetry
Sunday Times
Once, when young, she had written the lines which lovers quoted to one another. Later she provided words which thousands of men and women repeated under their breath, as they suffered, feared and waited.
Observer
The greatest Russian poetess of the twentieth century
Joseph Brodsky Her fortitude and ... Read more
Sunday Times
Once, when young, she had written the lines which lovers quoted to one another. Later she provided words which thousands of men and women repeated under their breath, as they suffered, feared and waited.
Observer
The greatest Russian poetess of the twentieth century
Joseph Brodsky Her fortitude and ... Read more