Dimensions
154 x 224 x 53mm
Through much of the twentieth century, Anna Khmatova's poetry has given voice to the deepest yearnings and struggles of the Russian people. From the most intimate longings of young lovers, to the artistic passions of St Petersburg poets and bohemians, to the collective suffering of a nation through two World Wars, the Russian Revolution and, later, the Stalinist terror, Akhmatova spoke to, and for, the soul of her people.Born in 1889, she survived these upheavals, refusing to abandon either Russia or her craft despite vicious attacks on her name and censorship of her work. When committing poems to paper threatened to cause her arrest, a few close friends faithfully memorized her lines. By the time she died in 1966, Anna Akhmatova was recognized as one of the world's great poets.
