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Life of the Russian poet who withstood Stalinism and became an inspiration to millionsAnna Akhmatova is recognised as one of the greatest poets of Russian literature an iconic figure who gave voice to the suffering of the Russian people during the brutal years of Stali... Lees meer.

It represents what Seamus Heaney the Nobel Laureate in literature called art s power of redress. Stallworthy s poems evoke women survivors the poet Anna Akhmatova the painter Francoise Cilot Picasso s lover a survivor of the siege of Stalingrad and a woman who es... Lees meer.

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This powerful collection of fifteen memoirs by and about one of the greatest poets of our time weaves an unforgettable drama of friendship grace and courage through long years of heartbreak and hunger.... Lees meer.

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Anna Akhmatova is not only Russia. s finest woman poet but perhaps the greatest in the history of Western culture. This volume brings together all of D. M. Thomas. s acclaimed translations of Akhmatova. s poems including . Poem Without a Hero. and . Requiem . her poe... Lees meer.

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The author recounts her long friendship with the Russian poet... Lees meer.

In the early 1960s Anna Akhmatova encouraged Emma Gerstein to record her own memories of the renowned Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. But Gerstein s vivid and uncompromising account was not at all what she had expected. When first published in Moscow in 1998 Gerstein s m... Lees meer.

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Writing poetry always seems to be something we learn at school usually beginning with a couplet of child-like rhyme that brings gales of laughter. Later it may be agonising over a verse or two attempting to rhapsodise on love and then the years roll on with only an oc... Lees meer.