Anna Akhmatova’s friends memorized her poems to keep her work alive when it was too dangerous to put pen to paper. Sandra Heska King spotlights this life and death role of literary friends.
Take Your Poet to Work: Anna Akhmatova
Take Your Poet to Work Day is coming July 15. This week, we add Russian modernist poet Anna Akhmatova to our collection.
Anna Akhmatova and the Poetry of Resilience
Russian poet Anna Akhmatova experienced personal tragedy, war, revolution, civil war, and Stalinist repression, and still wrote haunting poetry.