Anna Akhmatova
23 June 1889 – 5 March 1966
Anna Akhmatova was a Russian poet and one of the most acclaimed figures of 20th-century Russian literature. A leading voice of the Acmeist movement, she endured decades of Soviet censorship and persecution, producing enduring works such as the long poem 'Requiem', which commemorated victims of Stalinist terror.
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Life events
Born Anna Andreyevna Gorenko in Bolshoy Fontan, near Odessa.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe married the Acmeist poet Nikolay Gumilyov, with whom she had a son, Lev.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer debut poetry collection 'Vecher' brought her early recognition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgNikolay Gumilyov was executed by the Soviet secret police on charges of conspiracy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer work was effectively banned from publication for much of the Stalinist era.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe wrote the cycle mourning victims of Stalin's purges, memorized rather than written down for safety.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe was expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers after a decree by Andrei Zhdanov.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLate in life she was honored abroad and received an honorary degree from the University of Oxford.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died of heart failure in a sanatorium at Domodedovo at age 76.
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