دانلود کتاب White Flock: Poetry of Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova (June 23, 1889 - March 5, 1966) is considered by many tobe one of the greatest Russian poets of the Silver Age. Her works rangefrom short lyric love poetry to longer, more complex cycles, such asRequiem, a tragic depiction of the Stalinist terror. One of theforefront leaders of the Acmeism movement, which focused on rigorousform and directness of words, she was a master of conveying raw emotionin her portrayals of everyday situations. During the time of heavycensorship and persecution, her poetry gave voice to the Russian people.Anna Akhmatova published the collection "White Flock" in 1917. JosephBrodsky later described this volume as writing of personal lyricismtinged with the "note of controlled terror." Today, it remains among her most celebrated publications. It is presented here in full, in adual-language book, translated by Andrey Kneller.