Ebook: White Flock: Poetry of Anna Akhmatova

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