Synopses & Reviews
Initially published in 1990, when the
New York Times Book Review named it one of fourteen "Best Books of the Year," Judith Hemschemeyer's translation of
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova is the definitive edition, and has sold over 13,000 copies, making it one of the most successful poetry titles of recent years.
This reissued and revised printing features a new biographical essay as well as expanded notes to the poems, both by Roberta Reeder, project editor and author of Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet (St. Martin's Press, 1994). Encyclopedic in scope, with more than 800 poems, 100 photographs, a historical chronology, index of first lines, and bibliography. The Complete Poems will be the definitive English language collection of Akhmatova for many years to come.
Synopsis
Listed as one of the fourteen best books of 1990 by the N.Y. Times Book Review, no other English translations come as close to Akhmatova's original Russian. The collection includes more than 800 poems, half available in no other translated edition.
Synopsis
The definitve collection of Anna Akhmatova in English translation.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 907-908) and index.