Anna Akhmatova

(1889-1966)

Russian poet

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Anna Andreyevna Gorenko (23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian and Soviet poet, one of the most significant of the 20th century. She reappeared as a voice of Russian poetry during World War II. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 and 1966.

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Born	Anna Andreyevna Gorenko 23 June 1889 Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died	5 March 1966 (aged 76) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia)
Zodiac	Cancer
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Nikolai Punin 1888-1953 · Russian art historian · m. 1938 info edit

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