description: A legend in her own time both for her brilliant poetry and for her resistance to oppression, Anna Akhmatovaâ€”denounced by the Soviet regime for her â€œeroticism, mysticism, and political indifferenceâ€â€”is one of the greatest Russian poets of the twentieth century.Before the revolution, Akhmatova was a wildly popular young poet who lived a bohemian life. She was one of the leaders of a movement of poets whose ideal was â€œbeautiful clarityâ€â€”in her deeply personal work, themes of love and mourning are conveyed with passionate intensity and economy, her voice by turns tender and fierce. A vocal critic of Stalinism, she saw her work banned for many years and was expelled from the Writersâ€ Unionâ€”condemned as â€œhalf nun, half harlot.â€ Despite this censorship, her reputation continued to flourish underground, and she is still among Russiaâ€s most beloved poets.Here are poems from all her major worksâ€”including the magnificent â€œRequiemâ€ commemorating the victims of Stalinâ€s terrorâ€”and some that have been newly translated for this edition.
language: English
title: Poems
titlecomplete: Poems
genres: Russian Literature, Womens, Fiction, 20th Century, Russia, Literature, Adult, Classics, Poetry, Female Authors
ratings_count: 1186
publisher: Little Brown & Co