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Selected poems

Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-19662009
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Anna Akhmatova is one of the most accomplished and well loved poets Russia has ever produced. Her moving and passionate writing has won her an ardent readership all over the world. This selection illustrates her broad scope and brilliant imaginative gifts. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CAROL ANN DUFFYAnna Akhmatova is one of the most accomplished and well loved poets Russia has ever produced. Her moving and passionate writing has won her an ardent readership all over the world. This selection, beautifully translated by poet and novelist D.M. Thomas, illustrates her broad scope and brilliant imaginative gifts. It covers both her earlier work and the poems she produced during her persecution by the Russian authorities.
Main title:
Selected poems / Anna Akhmatova ; translated by D.M. Thomas.
Edition:
New ed. / foreword by Carol Ann Duffy.
Imprint:
London : Vintage Classic, 2009.
Collation:
xvii, 146 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkTranslated from the Russian.
ISBN:
9780099540878 (pbk)
Dewey class:
891.7142
Language:
EnglishRussian
BRN:
703246
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