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Poems of Akhmatova: Izbrannye Stikhi [Paperback]

Anna Akhmatova (Author), Max Hayward (Translator), Stanley Kunitz (Translator)

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Publication Date: May 30, 1997

Witness to the international and domestic chaos of the first half of the twentieth century, Anna Akhmatova (1888-1966) chronicled Russia's troubled times in poems of sharp beauty and intensity. Her genius is now universally acknowledged, and recent biographies attest to a remarkable resurgence of interest in her poetry in this country. Here is the essence of Akhmatova - a landmark selection and translation, including excerpts from "Poem with a Hero."

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Poems Of Akhmatova: 1. Reading Hamlet
Poems Of Akhmatova: 1. Reading Hamlet
Poems Of Akhmatova: 10
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Poems Of Akhmatova: 11. July 1914
Poems Of Akhmatova: 11. July 1914
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Poems Of Akhmatova: 18
Poems Of Akhmatova: 19. Lot's Wife
Poems Of Akhmatova: 19. Lot's Wife
Poems Of Akhmatova: 2. Pushkin
Poems Of Akhmatova: 2. Pushkin
Poems Of Akhmatova: 20. The Muse
Poems Of Akhmatova: 20. The Muse
Poems Of Akhmatova: 21. The Last Toast
Poems Of Akhmatova: 21. The Last Toast
Poems Of Akhmatova: 22. Boris Pasternak
Poems Of Akhmatova: 22. Boris Pasternak
Poems Of Akhmatova: 23. Voronezh
Poems Of Akhmatova: 23. Voronezh
Poems Of Akhmatova: 24. Dante
Poems Of Akhmatova: 24. Dante
Poems Of Akhmatova: 25. Imitation From The Armenian
Poems Of Akhmatova: 25. Imitation From The Armenian
Poems Of Akhmatova: 26. In Memory Of M. B.
Poems Of Akhmatova: 26. In Memory Of M. B.
Poems Of Akhmatova: 27. Cleopatra
Poems Of Akhmatova: 27. Cleopatra
Poems Of Akhmatova: 28. Willow
Poems Of Akhmatova: 28. Willow
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 1
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 1
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 10. Crucifixion
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 10. Crucifixion
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 2
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 2
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 3
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 3
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 4
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 4
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 5
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 5
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 6
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 6
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 7. The Sentence
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 7. The Sentence
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 8. To Death
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 8. To Death
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 9
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: 9
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: Epilogue
Poems Of Akhmatova: 29. Requiem: 1935-1940: Epilogue
Poems Of Akhmatova: 3
Poems Of Akhmatova: 3
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 1
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 1
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 2. To The Londoners
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 2. To The Londoners
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 3. A Shadow
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 3. A Shadow
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 4
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 4
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 5
Poems Of Akhmatova: 30: In 1940: 5
Poems Of Akhmatova: 31: Courage
Poems Of Akhmatova: 31: Courage
Poems Of Akhmatova: 32: Return
Poems Of Akhmatova: 32: Return
Poems Of Akhmatova: 33
Poems Of Akhmatova: 33
Poems Of Akhmatova: 34
Poems Of Akhmatova: 34
Poems Of Akhmatova: 35. March Elegy
Poems Of Akhmatova: 35. March Elegy
Poems Of Akhmatova: 36. Epigram
Poems Of Akhmatova: 36. Epigram
Poems Of Akhmatova: 37. The Death Of Sophocles
Poems Of Akhmatova: 37. The Death Of Sophocles
Poems Of Akhmatova: 38. Alexander At Thebes
Poems Of Akhmatova: 38. Alexander At Thebes
Poems Of Akhmatova: 39. There Are Four Of Us
Poems Of Akhmatova: 39. There Are Four Of Us
Poems Of Akhmatova: 4
Poems Of Akhmatova: 4
Poems Of Akhmatova: 40
Poems Of Akhmatova: 40
Poems Of Akhmatova: 40. Poem Without A Hero, Sels.
Poems Of Akhmatova: 40. Poem Without A Hero, Sels.
Poems Of Akhmatova: 5
Poems Of Akhmatova: 5
Poems Of Akhmatova: 6. To The Muse
Poems Of Akhmatova: 6. To The Muse
Poems Of Akhmatova: 7
Poems Of Akhmatova: 7
Poems Of Akhmatova: 8. The Guest
Poems Of Akhmatova: 8. The Guest
Poems Of Akhmatova: 9. To Alexander Blok
Poems Of Akhmatova: 9. To Alexander Blok
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Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation)
Original Language: Russian

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books (May 30, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0395860032
ISBN-13: 978-0395860038
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect introductory volume........., June 7, 2000

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This is the volume that introduced me to the works of Anna Akhmatova. After having read this in one evening, I could not sleep - I was so moved by her poetry. The translation must have captured her heart and soul because it certainly captured mine - it inspired me to get up in the middle of the night and draw pictures to go with what I had read. I understood at once the love the Russian people have for her. Since then, I have gobbled up everything translated into English that I can find, but I still think this little volume is the best of all and return to it again and again. Enjoy......

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5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding translation of a marvelous poet, January 1, 2001

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This is a marvelous book. It is extremely difficult to accurately capture the flavor of the original writing in translation, but Kunitz has done this and more - the English itself is poetry. The book is dual language, so readers of Russian can read the original next to the English. Both are excellent.

The selection is fairly representative of Akhmatova's life work, with early poems from 1909, through her affair with the poet Blok in the teens, the Terror and War, to her deathbed in 1961. I particularly enjoyed the translation of the epic "Requiem". Without a doubt, this is the best English version I have ever read. My only complaint is its berevity - at 40 poems, it merely whets the readers appetite for more - a pity, given the outstanding nature of both poet and translator.

For those who are not familiar with Anna Akhmatova, this is a gem. If you have read some of her work, this is a must-have volume. Enjoy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simplicity and meaning in poetry, May 9, 2007

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I'm not a great poetry lover, but the simplicity and meaning of her poems is even enough to turn me on to poetry!!!! Her words reach my life experiences and touch my soul.

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ANNA AKHMATOVA was a reticent woman, and even if she had not lived in the extraordinary isolation to which the circumstances of her time condemned her, we would doubtless still know little of her life - except what she chose to say in her verse, and in the brief autobiographical note published in Moscow not long before her death. Read the first page

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