Anna Akhmatova

Also known as Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, Anna Achmatova, Anna Ahmatova, Anna Gorenko, Anna Andreevna Gorenko, Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, Anna A. Ahmatova

Russian poet (1889–1966)

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Anna Akhmatova was a major Russian poet of the 20th century whose work is considered central to modern poetry. She matters because her powerful, emotionally direct verses about love, loss, and suffering during turbulent historical periods earned her recognition as one of the most important poets of her time.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Anna
Gender: female
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Odesa
Place of death: Domodedovo
Spouse: Nikolay Punin
Child: Lev Gumilev
Occupation: literary scholar
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Award: Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Field of work: poetry
Movement: Acmeist poetry
Image: Akhmatova.jpg
Residence: Kyiv

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cause of death: infarction
influenced by: Innokenty Annensky
name in native language: Анна Андреевна Ахматова
topic's main category: Category:Anna Akhmatova
Commons category: Anna Akhmatova
date of death: 1966-03-05
student: Joseph Brodsky
date of birth: 1889-06-23
place of burial: Cemetery in Komarovo
Commons gallery: Anna Akhmatova
manner of death: natural causes
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
birth name: Анна Андреевна Горенко
start of work period: 1911-00-00
end of work period: 1966-00-00
unmarried partner: Nikolay Punin
writing language: Russian
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nickname: Акума
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Encyclopedic overview

Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 – 5 March 1966), known by her pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian and Soviet poet. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 and 1966.

Akhmatova's work ranges from short lyric poems to intricately structured cycles, such as Requiem (1935–40), her tragic masterpiece about the Stalinist terror. Her style, characterised by its economy and emotional restraint, was strikingly original and distinctive to her contemporaries. The strong and clear leading female voice struck a new chord in Russian poetry. Her writing can be said to fall into two periods – the early work (1912–25) and her later work (from around 1936 until her death), divided by a decade of reduced literary output. Her work was condemned and censored by Stalinist authorities, and she is notable for choosing not to emigrate and remaining in the Soviet Union, acting as witness to the events around her. Her perennial themes include meditations on time and memory, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.

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