Anna Akhmatova is a poet of the Silver Age with a tragic but bright fate. A witness to the change of epochs, she survived two world wars, the revolution and the siege of Leningrad. Akhmatova wrote her first poem at the age of 11. From then until the end of her life, she did not stop studying poetry. The mystery of her work lies in her ability to guess the intonation of time and convey it so accurately and piercingly that the heart freezes and the breath stops. The publication is organically complemented by vivid illustrations selected for each poetic masterpiece. Read more…