A detailed biography and bibliography of biographical works concerning Akhmatova.

A large selection of poems by Akhmatova, translated into English; also has a brief biography.

ANNA AKHMATOVA Portrait by Nathan Altman of Anna Akhmatova, 1914 below The poet Anna Akhmatova was born Anna Gorenko in Odessa, in the Ukraine, in 1889; she later changed her name to Akhmtova. In 1910 she married the important Russian poet and theorist Nikolai Gumilyov. Shortly afterwards Akhmatova began publishing her own poetry; together with Gumilyov, she became a central figure in the ...