The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova - Softcover

Anna Akhmatova

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939010275 ISBN 13: 9780939010271

Publisher: Zephyr Press, 2000

Synopsis

Initially published in 1990, when the New York Times Book Review named it one of fourteen "Best Books of the Year," Judith Hemschemeyer's translation of The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova is the definitive edition, and has sold over 13,000 copies, making it one of the most successful poetry titles of recent years.

This reissued and revised printing features a new biographical essay as well as expanded notes to the poems, both by Roberta Reeder, project editor and author of Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet (St. Martin's Press, 1994). Encyclopedic in scope, with more than 800 poems, 100 photographs, a historical chronology, index of first lines, and bibliography. The Complete Poems will be the definitive English language collection of Akhmatova for many years to come.

About this title

About the Author:

Through much of the twentieth century, Anna Akhmatova's poetry gave voice to the deepest yearnings and struggles of the Russian 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 memorised her lines. By the time she died in 1966, Anna Akhmatova was recognized as one of the world's great poets.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

About this edition

• Publisher: Zephyr Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0939010275
• ISBN 13: 9780939010271
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 948
• Editor: Roberta Reeder