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 Russian female poet whose work period spanned from 1911 to 1966. She was born on 23 June 1889 and died on 5 March 1966. Her notable works include *Pis'ma*, *Serebryanyy vek*, *Belaia staia*, and *Stikhotvoreniia i poemy*.

She is associated with the tags of poetry, spoken word, and female voices. Similar artists include Sergei Esenin, Vasily Kamensky, Igor Severyanin, Elena Guro, and Osip Mandelshtam. Her work has been referenced by 701 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 23 June 1889
Died: 5 March 1966
Works: 115

Top works

Pis'ma
Серебряный век
Belaia staia
Stikhotvoreniia i poemy
Stikhotvorenii͡a i poėmy

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Russia
Active from: 1889-06-23
Active to: 1966-03-05

Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 408
Total plays: 1,327

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
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Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay
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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,119x

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Quotes

“O let the organ, many-voiced, sing boldly, O let it roar like spring's first thunderstorm! My half-closed eyes over your young bride's shoulder Will meet your eyes just once and then no more.”
“I go forth to seek — To seek and claim the lovely magic garden Where grasses softly sigh and Muses speak.”
“You thought I was that type: That you could forget me, And that I'd plead and weep And throw myself under the hooves of a bay mare...”
“Damn you! I will not grant your cursed soul Vicarious tears or a single glance. And I swear to you by the garden of the angels, I swear by the miracle-working icon, And by the fire and smoke of our nights: I will never come back to you.”
“I don't know if you're alive or dead. Can you on earth be sought, Or only when the sunsets fade Be mourned serenely in my thought?”
“No-one was more cherished, no-one tortured Me more, not Even the one who betrayed me to torture, Not even the one who caressed me and forgot.”

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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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