Anna Akhmatova
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Writing through the turmoils of the twentieth century, Anna of all the Russias as she was solemnly called by her fellow poet
) was one of the greatest poets of Russian literature. She is also an icon of the intelligentsia that was repressed by the Soviet regime. She was courageous enough to carry her literary talent (which produced translation and a lost play as well as poetry) through illness, poverty, and suffering with immense dignity and complete dedication. She has become a metaphor for rebellion and resistance to every attempt to suppress her muse.
(- BirthName: Anna Andreevna Gorenko (Rus. Анна Ахматова)Andreevna (alt. spelling Andreyevna) is an example of a patronymic formed on the basis of one's father's first name. It is used in Slavic countries in formal settings to address adults.
- Self-constructed: Anna AkhmatovaWhenwas in her teens and her father disapproved of her poetry she took this name, the birth name of her maternal great-grandmother, who was also a poet. This pseudonym became a metaphor for rebellion and resistance to every attempt to suppress her muse.
- Indexed: Andreyevna