Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova ({{lang-ru|????? ?????????}}, real name ????? ?????????? ????????) (June 23, 1889 (June 11, Old Style and also St. John's Eve) - March 5, 1966) was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, head and soul of St Petersburg tradition of Russian poetry in the course of half a century.

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June 23 - 1889 - St. John's Eve - March 5 - 1966 - Pen name - St Petersburg - Russian poetry

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Akhmatova's work ranges from short lyric poems to universalized, ingeniously structured cycles, such as Requiem (1935-40), her tragic masterpiece on the Stalinist terror. Her work addresses a variety of themes including time and memory, the fate of creative women, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.

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