Anna Akhmatova (Critical Survey of Poetry, Second Revised Edition)

Other Literary Forms

In addition to poetry, Anna Akhmatova wrote an unfinished play and many essays on Russian writers. Her spirited book O Pushkine: Stat’i i zametki (1977), published in its complete version posthumously, is one of the most discerning tributes to the greatest Russian poet by a fellow poet. Akhmatova also translated poems from the Old Egyptian, Hindu, Armenian, Chinese, French, Italian, and many other languages, most of these in collaboration with native speakers.

Achievements

Anna Akhmatova enriched Russian literature immeasurably,...

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