Anna Akhmatova

Akhmatova in 1922 (painting by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin)

Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian poet. In 1965 she was on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize,

Nikolay Gumilyov was his husband.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, IPA: [ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə] (listenⓘ); Ukrainian: А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, romanized: Ánna Andríyivna Horénko, IPA: [ˈɑnːɐ ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijiu̯nɐ ɦoˈrɛnko].
  2. ↑ /əkˈmɑːtəvə/ ək-MAH-tə-və, /ˌɑːkməˈtoʊvə/ AHK-mə-TOH-və; Russian: А́нна Ахма́това, IPA: [ɐxˈmatəvə].

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
  2. ↑ "Candidates for the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

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