Author: Bella Akhmadulina
Born: 10 April 1937
Died: 29 November 2010
Bio: Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, Tatar: Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина) was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator, known for her apolitical writing stance.
She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movement. She was cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. She is known in Russia as "the voice of the epoch".