num_pages: 310
description: Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) was one of the greatest Russian poets of this century. But during her life she was subjected to scathing critical attacks, denounced as "half-nun, half-whore," and then expelled from the Writers' Union. She also endured severe personal losses. Akhmatova's friend Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–96) kept intimate diaries of her conversations with the great poet. First published in the U.S.S.R. in 1987, The Akhmatova Journals offers a rare look into the day-to-day life of Akhmatova.
language: English
title: The Akhmatova Journals: Volume 1: 1938-1941
titlecomplete: The Akhmatova Journals: Volume 1: 1938-1941
genres: Biography, Poetry, Nonfiction, Literature, Autobiography, Russia, History
ratings_count: 79
series: Записки об Анне Ахматовой
publisher: Northwestern University Press