Anna Akhmatova

Anna Andreyevna Gorenko^{[Notes 1]} (23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova,^{[Notes 2]} was a Russian poet. In 1965 she was on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize,^[2]

Akhmatova in 1922 (painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin)

Nikolay Gumilyov was his husband.

Related pages

• List of Russian language poets

Sources

• Akhmatova, Anna, Trans. Kunitz, Staney and Hayward, Max (1973) Poems of Akhmatova. Houghton Mifflin; ISBN 9780316507004
• Akhmatova, Anna, Trans. Kunitz, Staney and Hayward, Max (1998) Poems of Akhmatova. Houghton Mifflin; ISBN 0-395-86003-2
• Akhmatova, Anna (1989) Trans. Mayhew and McNaughton. Poem Without a Hero & Selected Poems. Oberlin College Press; ISBN 0-932440-51-7
• Akhmatova, Anna (1992) Trans. Judith Hemschemeyer The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova. Ed. R. Reeder, Boston: Zephyr Press; (2000); ISBN 0-939010-27-5
• Feinstein, Elaine. (2005) Anna of all the Russias: A life of Anna Akhmatova. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; ISBN 0-297-64309-6; Alfred A. Knopf, (2006) ISBN 1-4000-4089-2
• Harrington, Alexandra (2006) The poetry of Anna Akhmatova: living in different mirrors. Anthem Press; ISBN 978-1-84331-222-2
• Martin, Eden (2007) Collecting Anna Akhmatova, The Caxtonian, Vol. 4 April 2007 Journal of the Caxton Club; accessed 31 May 2010
• Monas, Sidney; Krupala, Jennifer Greene; Punin, Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich (1999), The Diaries of Nikolay Punin: 1904-1953, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Imprint Series, University of Texas Press; ISBN 9780292765894
• Polivanov, Konstantin (1994) Anna Akhmatova and Her Circle, University of Arkansas Press; ISBN 1-557-28309-5
• Reeder, Roberta. (1994) Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet. New York: Picador; ISBN 0-312-13429-0
• Reeder, Roberta. (1997) Anna Akhmatova: The Stalin Years Journal article by Roberta Reeder; New England Review, Vol. 18, 1997
• Wells, David (1996) Anna Akhmatova: Her Poetry Berg Publishers; ISBN 978-1-85973-099-7

Notes

1. Russian: А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, IPA: [ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə] (listen); Ukrainian: А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, romanized: Ánna Andríyivna Horénko, IPA: [ˈɑnːɐ ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijiu̯nɐ ɦoˈrɛnko].
2. /əkˈmɑːtəvə/ ək-MAH-tə-və, /ˌɑːkməˈtoʊvə/ AHK-mə-TOH-və;^[1] Russian: А́нна Ахма́това, IPA: [ɐxˈmatəvə].

References

1. Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
2. "Candidates for the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

Other websites

• Profile and poems at Academy of American Poets
• Anna Akhmatova poetry at Stihipoeta (rus)
• Profile and poems at Poetry Foundation
• Poetic translations
• Freidin, Gregory. "Anna Akhmatova". 300 Women Who Changed the World. Encyclopedia Britanna.
• Simon, John (1994). "Anna Akhmatova".
• Landauer, Helga; Naiman, Anatoly (2008). "Film About Anna Akhmatova". Archived from the original on 2009-02-13.
• The Anna Akhmatova File (1989)- English Subtitles on YouTube
• Zholkovsky, Alexander. "The Obverse of Stalinism: Akhmatova's self-serving charisma of selflessness". Archived from the original on 2005-04-28.
• "Anthology of Russian Minimalist and Miniature Poems; Part I, The Silver Age". Off Course (41). Translated by Alex Cigale. State University at Albany (SUNY): 3. Spring 2010. 5 miniature poems (1911–1917){{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• Kneller, Andrey. "Anna Akhmatova". 200+ poems translated into English
• Works by or about Anna Akhmatova at Internet Archive
• Works by Anna Akhmatova at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)