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Anna Akhmatova: The poet who defied a regime

Anna Akhmatova: The poet who defied a regime

FromWitness History


Anna Akhmatova: The poet who defied a regime

FromWitness History

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova lived through some of the darkest chapters of Soviet history, but never stopped writing even though the communist regime repeatedly tried to silence her.One of Anna's most famous poems, Requiem, is about her son's arrest and the Stalinist terror.In 2022, art historian Era Korobova told Tatyana Movshevich about the poet's tumultuous relationship with her son. (Photo: Anna Akhmatova, centre right, at a Soviet writers' conference in 1965. Credit: Getty Images)
Released:
Dec 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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